Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. v. Burton

1. This being a suit against a married woman upon promissory notes, to which she pleaded the defense, among others, that she had executed the notes solely for a debt of her husband, the following charge was error against the plaintiff: '“If you find, from the evidence, that a note was given by defendant, Mrs. Ethel A. Burton, payable to plaintiff, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation, to pay the debt of her husband, and the credit or other thing of value was given on the faith of the wife’s promise- to pay, and the plaintiff had no knowledge that the note was given to pay the husband’s…