Stone v. Tew
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Catahoula, Willson, J. urged that the judgment must be reversed as to Sarah Y. Tew, she being a married woman, and not having been authorized by her husband, or the judge, to defend the suit; citing Civil Code, arts. 123,126. Code of Pract. 106, 118. 10 La. 574, and the cases there referred to.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This suit is brought on three notes, drawn to the order of the plaintiff, by Sarah Y. Tew, the wife of William M. Tew, from whom she is separated in estate, and by Wiley B. Grayson. These notes are dated the 1st of May, 1840, and purport to bear interest at ten per cent per annum from the 1st of April, 1840, if not punctually paid at maturity. One of the notes is for #325, and became due on the 1st of April, 1841 ; and the two others, which are for #675 each, became due, the one on the 1st of April, 1841, and the other on the 1st of April, 1842. Sarah Y. Tew, whose husband was made a party to…
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