First National Bank of Geneva v. Shaw

The only question presented for determination upon this record is the liability of the defendant Mrs. Stella Y. Harley upon the following note:

“1500.00. Geneva, Ohio, Dec. 3,1892. Six months after date, value received, we jointly and severally promise to pay to the First National Bank of Geneva, at their banking house, $500.00 interest eight per cent, after maturity. Interest paid to maturity $17.-50. D. H. Harley, Stella Y. Harley, M. P. Shaw.”

Mrs. Harley, in her answer to the bill, avers that she was a married woman at the time said note was executed, and 'relies on the plea of coverture.…