Stevens v. Baldy

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 145
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 360

Syllabus

<p>Promissory notes — Affidavit of defense — Signature — Married woman.</p> <p>In an action on a promissory note signed with the name of a married woman, an affidavit of defense is sufficient to prevent judgment which avers that the note was not signed by the defendant, but by her husband, and that this was done without the knowledge, consent, approval or ratification of the defendant, and without any pecuniary or other benefit or advantage to her. In such a case.it is immaterial that the husband was the manager of the defendant’s business in the absence of anything to show that he was authorized to sign her name to notes, and especially where it appears that the note in question was part of a complicated contract out of the ordinary course of business.</p>