Firemens' Insurance Co. of New Orleans v. Cross

This action is instituted on a promissory note for $7000, drawn by the defendant, authorized by her husband, to the order of, and endorsed by, Frederick Beckman, and secured by mortgage on three lots of ground, her paraphernal property. The defence is, that the note sued on, which bears date on the 26th of October, 1839, is a renewal of a similar one given to the petitioners in October, 1838, which was also secured by mortgage on the same property; that although in both acts it is stated, that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiffs for money loaned to her, the consideration for which…