Rolfsmeyer v. Rau

Hilton, Justice.

Action to recover of the defendant Bertha Rau, appellant here, upon her verbal promise to pay the balance due upon a note given by her husband, G. G. Rau, to plaintiff and also to recover against the husband on the note.

Sometime prior to July 1, 1930, the defendant G. G. Rau gave the plaintiff his promissory note for $1,500 in return for a loan of that amount. Twenty-five to thirty promissory notes of strangers to this action, secured by conditional sale contracts, payable to G. G. Rau, and of the face value of between $2,500 and $3,000, were pledged as security. On or about…