Garland v. First Nat. Bank of Scottsboro

THOMAS, Justice;

The bill was to cancel a mortgage by the wife alleging that it was a forbidden surety-ship for the husband’s debts.

The principles of law involved in this case are not complicated and are well understood. The difficulty, if any, is in applying the facts as presented on the trial of the case to the law as established under the statute. Section 8272, Code 1923. It is an elementary principle that the wife shall not directly or indirectly become the surety for the husband, and in the construction of this principle of law, which is statutory, our court has said:

“The statute which…