Williams v. King
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit -upon a promissory note executed by the defendant, a married woman; brought to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut, and heard before Shipman, District Judge, at the September Term, 1875, upon the general issue closed to the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtShipman, J.
This is an action of assumpsit against a married woman to recover the amount of a negotiable promissory note for the sum of $2,500, made and signed by her alone, dated December 17th, 1868, and payable eighteen months after its date to the order of William C. Hurd, and by him endorsed to the plaintiff. The defendant executed this note in consideration of the sale to her, by the payee, of certain shares of the corporation known as The Silex Lead Company. The case was tried by the court upon the following agreed statement of facts.
The defendant was married November 2d, 1864, to O. B. King of…
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