First Wisconsin National Bank v. Jahn

It is not claimed that the facts stated as separate defenses in the answer of the defendant Amalie Jahn, to which a demurrer is interposed, constitute a defense upon any other ground than that Amalie Jahn is a married woman. The facts alleged show that she was clearly an accommodation indorser and by the indorsement of the note in suit became in legal effect surety for the debt of a third person, the transaction in no way con'cerning or relating to her separate estate. Under such circumstances it is claimed she cannot be charged in an action at law, she being a married woman. Bailey v. Fink,…