Orr & Lindsley v. Bornstein

Citations

• 124 Pa. 311
• 16 A. 878
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1036

Syllabus

<p>1. If a married woman who has become entitled to her separate earnings under the act of April 3, 1872, P. L. 35, borrow money upon her personal credit, whether possessed of a separate estate or not, and therewith in good faith purchase a stock of goods with which to engage in business, the goods may not be seized and sold for the debt of her husband.</p> <p>2. When a married woman’s right to property is found to exist, her husband may not only act as her agent, but he has the legal right to give her his labor and skill in conducting her business, and his creditors cannot sell her property produced by his labor and skill.</p> <p>3. The said act of April 3, 1872, construed with the act of April 11, 1848, P. L. 536, in the light of the Married Woman’s Property Act of June 3, 1887, P. L. 333; Leinbach v. Templin, 105 Pa. 522, and Pier v. Siegel, 107 Pa. 502, distinguished; Bovard v. Kettering, 101 Pa. 181, and Spering v. Laughlin, 113 Pa. 209, followed.</p>