Stoy v. Dobson
Stoy v. Dobson
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The principle of Huffman v. McIlvaine, 13 Pa. Superior Ct. 108, governs this case. In that case the property was transferred to the wife by her father; in this, by a brother. In that, there were stock and farming implements outside the house as to which the wife could give directions to employees; in this, the property was entirely confined to the house. In that and in other cases of like tenor it was expressly held that the wife need not turn her husband out of doors, in order to assert her ownership, nor is it necessary, we take it, for her to placard the outside of her house, in order to indicate the change which has taken place in regard to the ownership of the goods within. In this case the goods were appraised. A bill of sale — if the testimony of the plaintiff is believed — was executed and transferred to the wife in the presence of witnesses. What more could be done to indicate the change of ownership ?
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