Buford v. Mochy

The feme plaintiff, a divorced woman, had been engaged in business under the name “Mrs. Birdie S. Buford.” She was in default and her property was about to be sold under foreclosure. In an attempt to save her equity, she contracted to sell her real estate to the defendants, who knew her as a feme sole. After arriving at an agreement she leaves the State and remarries her former husband, who did not live in the same town and was unknown to defendants. Upon her return the deed was drafted, and she makes the positive assertion that she is unmarried. She had theretofore, through her attorney,…