Armstrong v. Nichols

Nov 15, 1869
Reporters:
Before:
Frazer
Frazer, C. J.

This case is before us upon the evidence alone. It ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍was a suit upon a note executed jointly by bus-’ band and wife, and the question is, whether- the wife is liable, ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍or her lands or the profits thereof can be charged, the credit having been given on account of her responsibility, for the purchase-money ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍of lands conveyed to the husband, but which were afterwards sold, and the proceeds applied to her benefit.

The question depends entirely upon ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍the statute laws of this State. The subject received very full consideration in Kantrowitz v. Prather, 31 Ind. 92, and the conclusion there reached ‍‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍forbids a recovery against the wife in the present case.

Affirmed, with costs.