Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1861

Ramborger's Administrator v. Ingraham

Ramborger's Administrator v. Ingraham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided January 28, 1861 · Lowrie
38 Pa. 146; 1861 Pa. LEXIS 72

Ramborger's Administrator v. Ingraham

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered,

by Lowrie, C. J.

— There is no error apparent on the face of this record. It is only by extraneous evidence that we discover that it was confessed by a married woman, and the same evidence shows that it was confessed by her to secure the payment of part of the purchase-money of a lot of ground then bought by and conveyed to her. The conveyance with the lien for the unpaid purchase-money, is all one transaction, and we must treat both the benefit and the burden as valid. The judgment-bond and the judgment entered on it are both invalid, as the personal obligation of a married woman: but they constituted a valid lien on the lot purchased, and the court was right in so restricting the effect of the execution. The case is ruled by our decision in Patterson v. Robinson, 1 Casey 81.

Proceedings affirmed.

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