Williams v. Hayward

May 8, 1875
Reporters:
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Before:
Endicott
Endicott, J.

This note was given in payment of a judgment obtained against the ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍husband. The consideration was the husband’s debt, and the note was not given in reference to the wife’s separate property. Athol Machine Co. v. Fuller, 107 Mass. 437. Burns v. Lynde, 6 ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍Allen, 305, 313.

The fact that the note was secured by mortgage on her real estate does not render her liable on the note; Heburn v. Warner, 112 Mass. 271; and ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍the memorandum on the note, that it is so secured, is merely a recital of a fact, that does not change the character of the ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍note as a contract, and make it binding upon her.

Whether the plaintiff may have a remedy on the mortgage it is not necessary to consider in ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍this case. See Bartlett v. Bartlett, 4 Allen, 440 ; Willard v. Eastham, 15 Gray, 328 ; Heburn v. Warner, supra. Judgment for the female defendant.