Citizens State Bank v. Smout

Kirkpatrick, C.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff in error, the Citizens State Bank of Wood River, against Thomas J. Smout and Josephine Smout, his wife, in the district court of Hall county, on July 14, 1897. The petition filed was in the form usual upon promissory notes, and set out two notes for $1,000 and $800, respectively, signed by both defendants. Thomas J. Smout made default. Josephine Smout filed an answer, in which she admitted signing the notes set out in the petition, but pleaded coverture, and that she signed the notes as surety for her husband only; that she received no…