ROOPE v. PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, ETC.

No. 10889.

141 F.2d 1007 (1944)

ROOPE et al. v. PROVIDENT INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN TOWN OF BOSTON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Sawyer, of Miami, Fla., for appellants.

H. Reid DeJarnette, of Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a married woman residing in Massachusetts, executed a promissory note in that State which, according to its laws, was valid. She later moved with her husband to Florida where a married woman's note, prior to the enactment of Chapter 21932, Laws of Florida, 1943, F.S.A. §§ 708.08 to 708.10, was void if executed in Florida, and unenforceable if executed elsewhere. But she was pursued by legal action even in this "City of Refuge...

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