J. E. SIMMONS & ASSOCIATES v. CHRISTIAN

21585.

217 Ga. 796 (1962)

125 S.E.2d 56

J. E. SIMMONS & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. CHRISTIAN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 5, 1962.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. W. Crenshaw, Jr., Hansell, Post, Gardner, Brandon & Dorsey, for plaintiff in error.

Maurice N. Maloof, Heyman, Abram & Young, Robert A. Blackwood, contra.


HEAD, Presiding Justice.

1. A wife may contract, but she can not "bind her separate estate by any contract of suretyship." Code § 53-503. "A deed given by a married woman, in pursuance of a scheme by which she pledges her individual property as security for the debt of another, is void in toto. Civil Code (1910), § 3007 [now § 53-503]; Central Bank &c. Corp. v. Almand, 135 Ga. 231 (69 SE 111...

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