Williams v. Hayward
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contbact on a joint and several note signed by the defendants under date of November 15, 1873, and payable to the plaintiff or order in one year from date. Writ dated November 20, 1874. The case was submitted to the judgment of the Superior Court, and to this court on appeal, on an agreed statement of facts in substance as follows: The note was given in settlement of a judgment against the husband only, on which execution issued and an arrest was ordered.
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Contbact on a joint and several note signed by the defendants under date of November 15, 1873, and payable to the plaintiff or order in one year from date. Writ dated November 20, 1874. The case was submitted to the judgment of the Superior Court, and to this court on appeal, on an agreed statement of facts in substance as follows: The note was given in settlement of a judgment against the husband only, on which execution issued and an arrest was ordered. The execution was returned satisfied on this note being given. The note was secured by a mortgage of the wife’s separate real estate, duly…
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
This note was given in payment of a judgment obtained against the husband. The consideration was the husband’s debt, and the note was not given in reference to the wife’s separate property. Athol Machine Co. v. Fuller, 107 Mass. 437. Burns v. Lynde, 6 Allen, 305, 313.
The fact that the note was secured by mortgage on her real estate does not render her liable on the note; Heburn v. Warner, 112 Mass. 271; and the memorandum on the note, that it is so secured, is merely a recital of a fact, that does not change the character of the note as a contract, and make it binding upon her.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Heburn v. WarnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Athol Machine Co. v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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