First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. Mitchell
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was an action at law by the First National Bank of Chicago against H. Drusilla Mitchell, a married woman, upon a contract of guaranty.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
Action on a guaranty, heard upon complaint and answer and an agreed statement of facts. The defendant is a resident -of Connecticut, and a married woman, having been married in 1857, and having resided continuously at Bristol, Conn., since that time. Defendant’s husband, G-. H. Mitchell, was a member of a co-partnership, Morse, Mitchell & Williams, doing business at Chicago. At the request of her husband she signed a guaranty, which was taken by him to Chicago, and there delivered to the plaintiff. The guaranty was dated at Chicago, and had been signed by the members…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Burgess v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Scudder v. Union National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Bucher v. Cheshire RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Bell v. PackardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1879
- Bowles v. FieldU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899