Bowles v. Field
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
This was a suit by Frank Bowles against Elizabeth H. Field and Frank B. Field to foreclose a mortgage on real estate situated in Indiana, and executed by them, as husband and wife, to secure a note of Elizabeth Field executed by her in the state of Ohio.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKEIi, District Judge.
After a careful consideration of the argument and authorities presented on the final hearing, the court still adheres to the views expressed in Bowles v. Field, 78 Fed. 742. If it were conceded that the consideration of the note and mortgage in suit rested upon the notes executed and made payable by the feme defendant and her husband in the state of Ohio, and that she was surety for her husband thereon, I am still of opinion that her liabiliry, so created, constituted a sufficient consideration to uphold the note and mortgage in suit. These notes, executed and made…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sykes v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Bowles v. FieldU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Palmer National Bank v. Van DorenMichigan Supreme Court · 1932