Meeks v. Withers

Gilbert, Justice.

The real gist of the question involved in the present case is not so much whether the husband was originally authorized by the wife to act as her agent, but whether, after he had arranged for the loan from Withers, she ratified the agreement and became primarily liable by reason of signing the notes and mortgages. “The wife is a feme sole as to her separate estate, unless controlled by the settlement. Every restriction upon her power in it must be complied with; but while the wife may contract, she may not bind her separate estate by any contract of suretyship nor by any…