Legal Opinion
Smith v. Martin
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 2, 1966No. 33997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
On 3 April 1964 Exerdell Martin, wife of Albert C. Martin, borrowed $1850 from the appellants to discharge a note and mortgage held by one William Lay encumbering real property owned by the wife. She executed a note evidencing the loan and signed the instrument “Exerdell B. Martin, a single woman”. As security for the note she executed and delivered to the Smiths a mortgage which, too, described her as “a single woman”. She wasn’t single at all, having been continuously married to Albert for approximately 17 years. Moreover, it appears from the record that the money Exerdell…
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