Williams v. Hugunin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, by Hiram L. Hugunin against Mary C. Williams, to subject her separate estate to the payment of a note of her husband, which she had indorsed. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This bill was to subject the separate estate of a married "woman to the payment of a debt which, it is alleged, was, by implication, charged upon it.
It is alleged, in substance, the husband of appellant executed the note in controversy, payable to the order of appellee, upon which appellant indorsed her name before its delivery; that she had separate property over which she exercised the powers of a feme sole; that the note was executed and indorsed with the intention of charging it upon such separate estate. Appellant admits she has separate property; that she indorsed the note substantially…
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