United States v. Delbert L. Yazell, D/B/A Yazell's Little Ages, and Ethel Mae Yazell

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is by the United States from a judgment sustaining the appel-lee’s defense of coverture on a note executed under a contract entered into under a federal program authorized by congress for the aiding of small business. The suit was against appellee and her husband, and the judgment against the husband is not appealed from. The sole issue was and is whether the law of Texas, where the contract was made, that a married woman is protected by cover-ture from personal liability upon a contract, is controlling here, or whether, since the transaction was a…