Citizens Bank of Michigan City v. Opperman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Section 7855, Bums’ Anno. Indiana Statutes, 1914, provides: "A married woman shall not enter into any contract of suretyship, whether as indorser, guarantor, or in any other manner; and such contract, as to her, shall be void.” Relying upon this, defendant, in error sued to recover a certificate of National Bank stock issued in her ñame and held by plaintiff in error bank as security for .her husband’s indebtedness. The bank defended upon the theory that exercising rights given by § 12 of the National Bank Act (13 Stat. 102; Rev. Stats., § 5139) she transferred the stock to her husband and in…
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