Saulsbury, Respess & Co. v. Weaver

Bleckley, Judge.

A ferns covert, jointly with her husband and several others, drew a draft, payable to their own order, and indorsed it in blank. Suit was brought upon it by the holders. The general issue and partial failure of consideration were pleaded. The feme covert afterwards pleaded that she had been adjudicated a bankrupt, pending the action. The plaintiffs replied to this, that ■ they held a conveyance to secure *255the debt, executed under section 1969 of the Code, and they prayed that this security might be made available in the statutory method. A trial took place, and the jury found…