Falstaff Brewing Corp. v. Smith

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover on a written guaranty signed by Frank E. Smith and Cora A. Smith. The defendant Cora A. Smith pleaded that she was a married woman and that she never intended to. bind her separate estate. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Cora A. Smith, and plaintiff appeals.

It appears from the record that Frank E. Smith and Thomas McCurdy were operating a business known as the Norfolk Beverage Company. In order to establish a credit with the Falstaff Brewing Corporation, a written guaranty was executed and signed by Frank E. Smith and Cora A. Smith by which…