Francis v. Leak

This action was brought by the appellee Gideon Leak, against the appellant Elizabeth Erancis, and the appellee William A. Erancis, on a promissory note, demanding judgment in the sum of three hundred dollars.

The defendant, Elizabeth Erancis, filed her separate answer in three paragraphs, of which the first was a general *412•denial; the second that she was a married woman, the wife of her co-defendant at the time she executed the note, and that she simply signed the same as surety; and third, by way of set-off', that before the commencement of this action the plaintiff was indebted to the…