Duda v. Beben

The principal contention of the defendant herein is that he, being a married man and the contract between the defendant and the plaintiff not having been signed by his wife, the contract is totally void. The conclusion which we have reached on this branch of the case makes it unnecessary to consider subsidiary questions raised on the appeal.

While it is stated, not enough consideration is given in briefs of counsel to the fact that the wife o'f the defendant is a nonresident alien living in Poland, who has never been within the boundaries of the United States. This fact appears to…