Case Name: Tucker v. Equitable Mortgage Company
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1897-05-20
Citations: 102 Ga. 558
Docket Number: 
Parties: Tucker v. Equitable Mortgage Company.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 558–558

Head Matter:
Tucker v. Equitable Mortgage Company.
Argued April 17,
Decided May 20, 1897.
Complaint on notes. Before Judge Hart. Baldwin superior court. January term, 1896.
I). B. Sanford, J. N. Gilmore, J. D. Howard and J. K. Hines, for plaintiff in error.
Payne & Tye and Whitfield & Allen, contra.

Opinion:
Fish, J.
1. This being an action upon a promissory note, brought by the payee against the maker, who at the time of signing it was a married woman, and the defense which she attempted to set Up, viz., that she signed it under duress of her husband, not being proved, there was no error in directing a verdict for the plaintiff.
2. Save as to the point above indicated, no question of any material consequence is properly presented for adjudication in the present case.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.