Oswald v. Jones

Citations

• 254 Pa. 32
• 98 A. 784
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 678

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Suretyship—Married woman — Wife surety for husband — Promissory note — Invalidity.</p> <p>In an action against a married woman to recover tbe amount of a promissory note of which she was maker, judgment was properly entered for the defendant non obstante veredicto where it appeared that defendant’s husband made application to the payee for a loan to enable him *to engage in a hotel business and offered his wife as surety, that the payee refused to make the loan in that form but made it directly to the wife, knowing the purpose for which it was to be applied; that the money was in fact invested in the husband’s business and the wife received no benefit from the transaction, and that plaintiff never dealt directly with her but exclusively with the husband.</p>