Case Name: Miriam B. RICHARDSON et al., Appellants, v. W. B. HARBESON et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1929-11-01
Citations: 35 F.2d 1020
Docket Number: No. 5625
Parties: Miriam B. RICHARDSON et al., Appellants, v. W. B. HARBESON et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 35
Pages: 1020–1021

Head Matter:
Miriam B. RICHARDSON et al., Appellants, v. W. B. HARBESON et al., Appellees.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
November 1, 1929.
No. 5625.
Fred S. Ball and Eugene Ballard, both of Montgomery, Ala. (Eugene Ballard and Ball & Ball, all of Montgomery, Ala., on the brief), for appellants.
B. P. Crum and Leon Weil, both of Montgomery, Ala. (Steiner, Crum &. Weil, of Montgomery, Ala., on the brief), for appellees.
Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This was a suit to foreclose a mortgage given by the appellant Miriam B. Richardson and her husband on land owned by the former to seeure a debt described in the mortgage. The granting of the relief sought was resisted on the ground that the debt to secure which the mortgage was given was not the debt of the wife, but was the conditional debt of the husband, with the result that the mortgage was unenforceable because of the provision of the Alabama statute that "the wife shall not, directly or indirectly, become the surety for the husband.". Code of Alabama 1923, § 8272. The court found from the evidence that the debt to secure which the mortgage was given was the debt of the wife, and ruled against the defense set up. We are of opinion that the evidence warranted that conclusion, and that no valid defense was proved. We think there is no occasion to set out the evidence or to comment on it further.
The decree is affirmed.