Roope v. Provident Institution for Savings

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a married woman residing in Massachusetts, executed a promissory note in that State which, according to its laws, was valid. She later moved with her husband to Florida where a married woman’s note, prior to the enactment of Chapter 21932, Laws of Florida, 1943, F.S.A. §§ 708.08 to 708.10, was void if executed in Florida, and unenforceable if executed elsewhere. But she was pursued by legal action even in this “City of Refuge”, for such Florida formerly was for married women who sought surcease from their written obligations to pay money.

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