Goulding v. . Davidson

The action of the plaintiff must, of course, rest upon the express promise of the defendant, made after her coverture ended, to pay the debts, or the notes which represent them. The question is whether the previous sale and delivery of the goods to the defendant during coverture was a sufficient consideration to sustain the promise. The authorities upon the subject of a promise by a married woman after coverture to pay a debt incurred or an obligation given by her during coverture are not uniform either in their reasoning or their conclusions. One of the earliest cases is Lloyd v. Lee (1…