McCrory v. Grandy & Son
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on promissory note. Before Judge Miller. Talbot superior court. March term, 1892. Grandy & Son sued Mrs. Jane Y. McCrory upon a note for $1,200 principal, dated March 30, 1888, upon which there were certain credits.
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Complaint on promissory note. Before Judge Miller. Talbot superior court. March term, 1892. Grandy & Son sued Mrs. Jane Y. McCrory upon a note for $1,200 principal, dated March 30, 1888, upon which there were certain credits. She pleaded, that the note was given to secure a debt for advances made to Ellis & McCrory, a firm composed of J. C. Ellis and J. C. McCrory, and at the time it was given and the contract made she was a married woman, her husband being L. M. McCrory; that Ellis & McCrory applied to plaintiffs for a loan, and asked her to stand their security; that the money was loaned to…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The firm of Ellis & McCrory, desiring to borrow money, wrote to Grandy & Son, of Norfolk, Va., for that purpose, and proposed to give as their security for the loan Mrs. Jane Y. McCrory, the mother of one of the firm. Grandy & Son agreed to make the loan on this security; but upon advising with attorneys in this State, they were informed that Mrs. McCrory, being a married woman, could not bind herself as security; and it was then arranged that Mrs. McCrory should borrow the money from Grandy & Son in her own name, she giving her note for the amount borrowed, and making the…
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