Twichel v. Andry

The plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $750 with interest, alleged in the petition to be due, in solido, by the defendants, who are husband and wife, upon a note subscribed by the husband, to the order of William Debuys, and endorsed by the latter ; the amount whereof appears, on the face of the note, to be secured by privilege on certain buildings, according to the stipulations contained in a notarial act which was duly recorded, and in consideration of which buildings, the same was executed.

*408The wife first pleaded, that being a married woman, she could not appear in court without the…