Davis v. Grater

In this action, the appellee, as the payee, sued the appellants, as the makers, of a promissory note, before a justice of the peace of Boone county, to recover the amount of said note.

Before the justice, the appellant Sarah Davis filed a separate answer, setting up as a defence to the action, that, before and at the time of the execution of the note in suit, she was and ever since had been a married woman, the wife of her co-appellant, James L. Davis.

The appellant James L. Davis also filed an answer before the justice.

The trial of the cause, before the justice, resulted in a finding and…