Pickett v. Bank of Ellijay

A married woman, together with her husband, signed her name on the back of a promissory note, dated April 11, 1932, in the form of a blank indorsement. The note was signed on the face by a *608corporation. In a suit on the note, the payee bank under its petition and evidence contended that, although her name was written so as prima facie to indicate an indorsement, it was nevertheless understood and agreed at the time the note was executed that the wife was in fact signing as a maker, she then representing to the bank that she was buying out the interest of a stockholder in the corporation, and…