Savits v. Speck

Citations

• 21 Pa. Super. 608
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 419

Syllabus

<p>- Husband and wife — Judgment against husband — Execution against wife —Evidence—Province of court and jury.</p> <p>In an action of ejectment by a purchaser at a sheriff’s sale to recover property standing in the name of a wife, but sold as the property of the husband, a verdict and judgment for the wife will be sustained where the evidence tends to show that the husband had originally bought the property under articles, but had directed conveyance to be made to his wife; that the whole of the purchase money had been paid by the wife out of moneys made by her in a business carried on independently of her husband ; that the cause of action under which judgment was entered against the husband accrued seven years after the conveyance to the wife; that there was nothing to show that the husband had at the time of such conveyance embarked in any hazardous business, or that the conveyance had been executed for the purpose of defrauding future creditors.</p>