Weld v. Weld

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

Judith E. Kidder executed and delivered to Augustus Weld her promissory note for a sum of money, and secured its payment by a mortgage upon her real estate. Subsequently she married him in consideration of his parol agreement that the marriage should operate as a satisfaction of the note. Still later he brought a suit against her to recover on the note and to foreclose the mortgage. She pleaded payment, and upon a trial the jury returned a general verdict in her favor, and made answers to special questions as follow:

“(1) Did the plaintiff and…