Wooster v. Northrup
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This was an action of assumpsit commenced in tbe Rock Circuit Court, by tbe plaintiff in error against tbe defendants'in error, upon a promissory note, executed by tbe latter, and payable to Hannab M. Wooster, tbe wife of the plaintiff in error, or bearer.
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This was an action of assumpsit commenced in tbe Rock Circuit Court, by tbe plaintiff in error against tbe defendants'in error, upon a promissory note, executed by tbe latter, and payable to Hannab M. Wooster, tbe wife of the plaintiff in error, or bearer. Tbe declaration was in assumpsit, “ for that whereas, heretofore, to wit: on the 21st day of October, A. D. 1852, at Beloit, in said county, the said defendants, Harson Northrup and Sally C. Northrup, who then was, ever since has -been and now is the lawful wife of the said Harson Northrup; Joseph R. Marshall and Martha A. Marshall, who…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
WHITON, C. J.
Tbe principal question to be decided in tbis case is, whether a married woman can be sued upon a promissory note given by her for a valuable consideration.
Tbe declaration avers that two of tbe defendants were married women at tbe time of making tbe note declared on, and that their coverture still continues. Tbe declaration also avers that tbe note was made in part payment for an interest in certain real estate which tbe payee of tbe note (who was also a married woman) bad in certain property, which was sold and transferred by tbe payee to tbe said two married women,…
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