Lester v. Savannah Guano Co.

The notes sued on were given by Travis Johnson and Mrs. Lester for fertilizer. He did not defend; she pleaded that she was a married woman with a separate estate, and that she signed the notes merely as surety and received no benefit therefrom. Her husband testified in support of this plea; while the testimony for plaintiffs was, that the fertilizer was delivered to Johnson on Mrs. Lester’s order and charged to her for him, that he received it on her wagon and carried the notes to her to be signed, that the credit was given to her and not to Johnson, and plaintiffs would not have sold to him.…