Wilcox v. Henderson

The petitioner, Caroline E. Wilcox, represents that, on the 1st of January, 1842, she being then a minor, and) also the widow of the late H. A. S. Mussenden, was induced by *339the defendant, to make a promissory note payable to him for $5S86 92, with interest at ten per cent from date. She avers, that the note was given without consideration, and at a time when she was incapable of contracting, or binding herself by any such obligation. She further alleges that, on or about the 12th of March, 1842, the defendant induced her to draw a draft, or order on W. & J. Montgomery, of New Orleans, for the…