140 Ky. 121 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1910
Opinion op the Court by
Beversing.
On the 20th day of the regular June term, 1908, of the Daviess circuit court, appellee, T. A. Pedley, as receiver of the Owensboro Savings Bank & Trust Company,
On September 24th, 1908, appellant instituted this action against appellee, H. A. Pedley, as receiver of the Owensboro Savings Bank & Trust Company, and Jesse B. Harl, sheriff of Daviess county, for the purpose of hawing the aforesaid judgment vacated on the ground of unavoidable casualty or misfortune which prevented her from appearing or defending, as provided by subsection 7 of section 518 of the Civil Code. After setting forth the judgment against her and the fact that she had a good and valid defense, as shown by an answer which she offered to file in the action in which the judgment was taken and which accompanied the petition, the petition contains the following averment: “Plaintiff states that at the time said action No. 15570 was instituted in this court on May 25, 1908, and continuously from said date until after the 25th day of August, 1908, she was disabled and incapacitated by sickness to attend to business and on said last named date went to Tar Springs, in Breckinridge count3r, in the hope of recovering from her sickness; she states that by reason of her indisposition
Under the statute now in force in this state, a married woman, though she may bind her estate by a conveyance or pledge, can not become personally liable or bound as surety for any one. Hall v. Hall, 118 Ky. 656. Therefore, if appellant, at the time of the transaction in question, was a married woman and was in effect merely a surety, and this fact was known to the Owensboro Sayings Bank & Trust Company, appellant’s defense is good. The only question to be determined, then, is whether or not appellant’s allegations in regard to her incapacity because of sickness are sufficient.
While it is true the court’s processes must be respected, and that when a party is sued he must, when
Por the reasons given, the judgment is reversed and cause remanded, with directions to overrule the demurrer to the petition as amended.