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Legal Questions 
Joint Ownership of Property 
We are quite interested to find how 
many of our readers ai’e providing that 
their property shall be owned jointly by 
husband, and wife. In some cases the real 
estate is held in joint ownership, while 
each party may have personal property, 
such as stocks or money in bank. In 
order to avoid any possible trouble in 
such cases, where there are no children, 
each (husband and wife) make a will 
leaving all property to the other. This 
will avoid any trouble over transfer of 
personal property. A form for such a 
will is printed here. It should be signed 
by two persons (not beneficiaries) over 
21 years old. who should give addresses. 
BLANK FORM OF WILL 
_I*. Of. 
DO HEREBY MAKE, PUBLISH AND 
DECLARE this to be my Last Will and 
Testament: 
FIRST: I direct my executor herein¬ 
after named to pay my just debts; funer¬ 
al and testamentary expenses, as soon 
after my death as may be practicable. 
SECOND: All of my estate, of what¬ 
soever kind, real, personal or mixed. I 
give, devise and bequeath to my (wife or 
husband) absolutely. 
THIRD : I appoint my (wife or hus¬ 
band) the executor of this my last will 
and testament, and I direct that (he or 
she) be not required to give any bond 
or security as such. 
FOURTH: I hereby revoke any and 
all other wills or testamentary docu¬ 
ments by me at ap T7 time heretofore 
made. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal at. 
..» this.day 
of.in the year 191.... 
(sign here) (seal) 
Subscribed, sealed, published and de¬ 
clared by the above named testator,.... 
..:-«» as and for (his or 
her) last will and testament, in the pres¬ 
ence of us, and each of us. who, in (his 
or her) presence and at (his or her) re¬ 
quest. and in the presence of each other, 
have hereunto subscribed our names as 
attesting witnesses this. 
day of.191.... 
WITNESSES! ADDRESSES: 
Legal Responsibility of Wife 
A sells farm subject to first and second 
mortgage to B. who gives chattel note to 
A for an unpaid portion of the purchase 
price. Deed is made to B and wife. Is 
chattel note binding as to wife's interest 
on personal property, unless she person¬ 
ally signs the note? Can B, without her 
consent, sign his wife’s name to such note, 
and thus make her personally liable for 
any amount? To what extent, under the 
circumstances, is such note good without 
the wife’s name? Can second mortgagee 
compel sale at any time to collect on his 
mortgage? A. E. A. 
Pennsylvania. 
This chattel mortgage would be binding 
on the wife of B only in so far as B signs 
the chattel mortgage or the note. B 
would have no more authority to sign 
away his wife’s interest than he would 
have to sign away the interest of any 
other person. B can, of course, sign his 
wife’s name without her consent, and pos¬ 
sibly her subsequent acts might be a rati¬ 
fication of this agency. However, that 
would depend entirely on a question of 
facts. If his wife repudiated the signa¬ 
ture as soon as she learned of the same, 
or did not allow A to act upon the pre¬ 
sumption that she had given her husband 
authority to sign her name, the execution 
of the document in her name by her hus¬ 
band would be absolutely void. It de¬ 
pends entirely upon the extent to which 
the wife of B has made B her agent. The 
notes would be good without the wife’s 
signature only to the extent of the prop¬ 
erty owned by B. The second mortgagee 
could compel the sale of the property at 
any time upon a foreclosure action when 
that mortgage was past due, but not 
otherwise. 
Administrator’s Power Over Estate 
A farm of about 100 acres has just been 
left by will to three daughters. The will 
provides for the oldest to be adminstra- 
trix. None of the girls seems to care to 
sell out, so the farm is to be worked on 
shares. How much authority has the ad¬ 
ministratrix to go ahead and manage the 
farm, and how much the other two whose 
interest in the farm is just as much, will 
have to say? It does not seem quite fair 
for one to have all the say as to what 
should be done. For instance, some old 
buildings need repairs, some new fences 
are needed. The oldest one wishes to set 
out more orchard, etc., etc. Can she use 
all the proceeds from the girls’ portion of 
the farm to do as she pleases about re¬ 
pairs, etc.? A. 
So long as this older daughter is recog¬ 
nized as administrator she can legally 
handle the business herself. If the others 
are not satisfied they should combine and 
ask the Surrogate or Probate Judge to 
have the estate settled and the adminis¬ 
trator’s work ended. Then there will be 
a division of the property and one daugh¬ 
ter will have as much as another to say 
ahout it. 
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