Taylor v. Bacon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 1st day of July, 1910, E. J. Bacon, as executor of the estate of Rebecca S. Turner, deceased, filed a complaint in the Jackson Circuit Court against Anna R. Taylor to recover a balance of $14,530.54 with accrued interest upon a judgment alleged to have been rendered in the chancery court of Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 1st day of July, 1910, E. J. Bacon, as executor of the estate of Rebecca S. Turner, deceased, filed a complaint in the Jackson Circuit Court against Anna R. Taylor to recover a balance of $14,530.54 with accrued interest upon a judgment alleged to have been rendered in the chancery court of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The complaint alleges in substance that on the 2d day of March, 1908, Rebecca S. Turner recovered judgment against John D. Rudd, Thomas S. Rudd and Anna R. Taylor, in the chancery court of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). Counsel for the defendant contend that, under the laws of the State of Kentucky, she is entitled in a collateral action in that State to set up the fact that she was a married woman at the time of the execution of the notes and at the time of the rendition of the judgment in the Jefferson County Chancery Court of Kentucky, and that she became bound merely as a surety. In short, they contend that the personal judgment rendered against her in the chancery court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, was void. They rely upon the cases of Stevens v. Deering, 10 Ky. Law…
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