Thompson v. Wright

Mrs. Thompson brought suit against Wright as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Cora Hendrix, deceased, to recover upon a note which had been executed by decedent to T. P. Hendrix. The note matured January 1, 1926, and was transferred *818after maturity to the plaintiff. There was an entry on it that it was for purchase-money for land designated. A defense interposed by the administrator was that the note, if made by his intestate, was void in that it was executed by her to her husband as a promise to pay the purchase-price of land sold by him to her, and that its execution had not been allowed…