First National Bank of Salem v. Jacobs
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by the First National Bank of Salem against Winnie M. Jacobs. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
LyNch, Judge:
To reverse a judgment for plaintiff in an action on a promissory note holding defendant primarily liable, though she signed it in her representative character as executrix of the will of her deceased husband, defendant prosecutes this writ. The note *654was given in renewal of a joint and several note executed by deceased and four others during Ms lifetime, and, as the correspondence between the parties shows, was executed by her in her representative capacity with the consent of the plaintiff. The note reads :
“$5,000. Salem, West Virginia,
January 19, 1916.
Ninety days after date, we…
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