Strauss v. Friend
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debtor and Creditor. Vendor and Purchaser. Husband and Wife. Married Women. Promissory Notes. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior - Court. April Term, 1884' Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The defendant in error being a married woman, made her promissory note to one Samuel Gunhouse; it was, after *783its maturity, transferred to the plaintiff in error; to secure it, she made a mortgage on real estate in Macon, which was transferred with the note; on the petition by the plaintiff in error to foreclose this mortgage, the defendant pleaded that it -was given as security for the debt of another, and did not bind her; if not, that it was a voluntary gift to her son-in-law of a promise to pay and without consideration, and therefore nudum pactum. The court below…
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