Legal Opinion

Jaeckel v. Pease

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 1898PublishedCited by 25 opinions

APPEAL from District Court, Kootenai County The appellant, Mary A. Pease, contends that no judgment should have been rendered against her upon said promissory note in said suit; citing the case of Derriham v. Rowley, decided by the supreme court of the state of Idaho, on the 9th of April, 1896, and reported in 4 Idaho, 753, 44 Pae. 643 (14 Am. & Eng.

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APPEAL from District Court, Kootenai County The appellant, Mary A. Pease, contends that no judgment should have been rendered against her upon said promissory note in said suit; citing the case of Derriham v. Rowley, decided by the supreme court of the state of Idaho, on the 9th of April, 1896, and reported in 4 Idaho, 753, 44 Pae. 643 (14 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 604-621), in which it is held by this court that a married woman has no power in this state to bind herself by a promissory note such as the one described in the complaint herein, unless the debt evidenced thereby was contracted by…

1Opinion of the CourtQuarles, J.

— George H. Pease and his wife, Mary A. Pease, executed, October 15, 1891, their certain promissory note for the sum of $909.35 to Dr. Charles F. Mussigbrod, payable one year after date and executed a mortgage to said payee, on community property occupied by said mortgagors as a residence, to secure the payment of said note. Said Mussigbrod died, and his executors assigned the said note and mortgage to plaintiff, who commenced this action on October 6, 1897, to foreclose the said mortgage. The defense against the foreclosure of said mortgage is based on the idea that the certificate of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stevens v. Home Savings & Loan Ass'nIdaho Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Northwestern & Pacific Hypotheek Bank v. RauchIdaho Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Young v. VailNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Bank of Commerce, Ltd. v. BaldwinIdaho Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Dover Lumber Co. v. CaseIdaho Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Burke Land & Livestock Co. v. Wells, Fargo & Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Williams v. PaxtonIdaho Supreme Court · 1977

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