Case Name: Mechanics' and Traders' Insurance Company vs. Mrs. S. L. McVey
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 83
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mechanics’ and Traders’ Insurance Company vs. Mrs. S. L. McVey.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 83–83

Head Matter:
Mechanics’ and Traders’ Insurance Company vs. Mrs. S. L. McVey.

Opinion:
Mayo, J.
Where defendant is sued as a femme sole and pleads the general issue, and it is apparent from the note sued on that she was a married woman when she executed it, the Court will release her, notwithstanding her defective pleadings, if plaintiff does not affirmatively prove that she bound as a married woman.