Mudge v. Bullock

The only question presented by this record is, whether the indorsement of the note by Mary Dixon, the payee, transferred the legal title of the instrument to appellee. The note in question was executed and indorsed in 1857, when, under the common law, a married woman could not, acting for herself, legally make, indorse or accept notes or bills. 1 Parsons on ¡Notes and Bills, 78. The husband of a married woman was entitled to all the personal property of the wife which she had at the time of marriage or that she might acquire during coverture. A promissory note, therefore, made payable to a…