Reagle v. Reagle

Citations

• 179 Pa. 89
• 36 A. 191
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 608

Syllabus

<p>Husband and wife — Deed—Gift.</p> <p>A husband may not only convey directly to his wife for a valuable consideration, but he may also convey to her as a gift, when not prejudicial to his creditors.</p> <p>Husband and ivife — Deed—Adverse possession.</p> <p>Where a husband has invested his wife with the title to his land he cannot, while they are living upon the land, have possession adverse to hers or, by the payment of taxes upon it, impair her title to it.</p> <p>Husband and wife — Joint occupancy — Act of April 22, 1856.</p> <p>The act of April 22, 1856, P. L. 582, is not applicable to a case where a husband has conveyed land to his wife, and subsequently lived on the land with his wife, and paid the taxes thereon.</p>