Robinson v. Queen
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM RUTHERFORD. Appeal from Chancery Court of Rutherford County. ~W. S. Beab,den, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtFolkes, J.
The first question to be disposed of in this cause is whether a married woman, domiciled in the State of Kentucky, is liable, in the courts of this State, upon a note made by a firm of which her husband was a member, and executed by her as surety for such firm, where, under the laws of Kentucky, she had, before the execution of the note, been emancipated from all the disabilities of cover-ture, and clothed with all the powers of a feme sole, so far as the right- to contract and to sue and be sued were concerned.
This inquiry we answer in the affirmative.
Though some authorities may be found to…
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