Philadelphia v. Meredith

Citations

• 49 Pa. Super. 600
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 377

Syllabus

<p>Husband and wife — Support—Deed of settlement — Trust and trustees— Act of June IS, 18S6, sec. 29, P. L. 5S9.</p> <p>1. Where a man executes a voluntary deed of settlement of his estate to a trustee who is to pay the net income to the settler, or upon his written order, during his life without anticipation, and without being subject to execution or attachment for debts accruing after the execution of the deed, and the settler subsequently marries, and thereafter deserts his wife, who becomes a charge upon the poor authorities of the city, such authorities may by proceedings in the quarter sessions, instituted under the Act of June 13, 1836, sec. 29, P. L. 539, obtain an order on the trustee for a weekly payment out of income for the support of the settler’s wife. Such an order, however, will be subject to a prior valid assignment of income, to pay a debt.</p> <p>2. A person sui juris cannot, as against creditors, either prior or subsequent, settle his property by an irrevocable deed in trust for his own use for life in such manner as to enjoy all the benefits of ownership and share none of the burdens.</p>