Byrd v. Planters Warehouse Co.

This was a suit against a married woman on a promissory note executed solely by her. She admitted the execution of the note, but pleaded that its sole consideration was indebtedness of her husband. The verdict was against her, and she excepts to the overruling of her motion for a new trial, based on the usual general grounds. Eeld-. While thg evidence was in sharp conflict, this court can not say that the jury were not authorized to And therefrom that the defendant’s husband acted as her agent (although this agency was denied by the defendant upon the trial) in the purchase of the goods for…