Certified Security Systems, Inc. v. Ward

WILLIAMS, Judge.

In this case, we are called upon to decide which defendant spouse is liable under a contract that was executed in the interim between the filing of a petition for separation and the judgment of separation, where said contract purported to bind the wife but was signed only by the husband. For the reasons assigned herein, we hold that the husband is liable for payment under the contract and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Defendants, Shelly Ford Ward and Joseph R. Ward, Jr., were married on May 1, 1982. Two children were born of that marriage. On December 30, 1987 Ms.…