Brent v. Mount
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and wife. Verdict. Practice in the Supreme Court. Pleadings. Before Judge Lawson. Monroe Superior Court. August Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants on a promissory note payable to L. Wolfe or bearer, for the sum of $220.00, dated February 16th, 1875, and due first day of November thereafter. The defendant, T. Y. Brent, made no defense to the note, and judgment was awarded by the court against him for the amount thereof. The other defendant, Jennie Brent, pleaded that the note sued on was given for a debt of her husband, T. Y. Brent, which had been incurred by him long before she signed the same, that she signed it as security for her husband, and not…
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