Bledsoe v. Barber

Isaac Bledsoe sued Mrs. Ora Barber and her husband, I. N. Barber*, residents of Matagorda county, upon a promissory note executed by Mrs. Barber, payable in Travis county, and for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage lien upon a piano. Plaintiff alleged that Mrs. Barber executed the note for herself and as the agent and attorney in fact for her husband, and that she was duly authorized by her husband to execute the same. He also alleged, in the alternative, that if the note was not executed as agent for Mr. Barber, then that Mrs. Barber executed the same for the purchase money of the piano…