First State Bank v. Hell

Loring, Justice.

The defendants are husband and wife. This suit was against them upon a promissory note signed by both. The defendant Henry Hell defaulted, and judgment was taken against him; the defendant Selma Hell interposed an answer which alleged want of consideration and denied that she executed the note as an obligation of any kind, but admitted that she did sign the instrument in connection with her execution of a mortgage by herself and her husband Henry as security for a loan from the plaintiff upon a false representation by the officers of the plaintiff that she would have to sign…