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93 Ala. 509

Nowlin v. Wesson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1890

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1890-11-15

Action on Promissory Note, by Payee against Maker. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calhoun. Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. This action was brought by J. R. Nowlin against Mrs. O. M. Wesson, and was founded on the defendant’s promissory note under seal for $128.43, which was dated on the 29th £?] February, 1885, and payable one day after date, to the plaintiff or order. The defendant pleaded want of consideration, and issue was joined on that plea.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 1928

2 state decisions

Relies on Rutledge's Adm'r v. Townsend, Crane & Co. · Underwood v. Lovelace · Thornton v. Guice

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Decided 1890-11-15

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STONE, C. J.

¶1— The testimony in this record is not positive, but it conduces to show that, when Mrs. Wesson executed the bill single sued on, the claim against her deceased husband was surrendered to her, and treated as no longer binding on his estate. If this be so, notwithstanding his estate may have been absolutely insolvent, it was, in contemplation of law, a valuable consideration, and will uphold the express promise made by the surviving widow. — Rutledge v. Townsend, 38 Ala. 706; Watson v. Reynolds, Ala. 191; Underwood v. Lovelace, 61 Ala. 155; Thornton v. Guice, 73 Ala. 321; Hixon v. Hetherington, 57 Ala. 165; Doss v. Peterson, 82 Ala. 253.

¶2The Circuit Court erred in giving the charge shown in the record, to which exception was reserved.

¶3Reversed and remanded.

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