Hays v. Jordan & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover. Contracts. Leases. Sales. Married women. Practice. Equity. Yerdict. Before Judge Guerry. Early superior court. October term, 1889. Reported in tbe decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Jordan & Co. sued Mrs. Sudie Hays in bail-trover for an “ opera piano,” alleged to be of the value of $350, and also, in the same action, sued her upon an alleged in debtedness of $35 attorney’s fees. The piano was seized by the sheriff, and Mrs. Hays having failed to give the bond required by law to retain the same, the plaintiffs gave bond and took possession of the piano. Mrs. *743Hays filed three pleas: (1) tliat at tlie time slie made the contract with the plaintiffs she was a married woman and had no separate estate, and for this reason the contract is void as to her; (2)…
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