THOMAS, Justice.
On 3 April 1964 Exerdell Martin, wife of Albert C. Martin, borrowed $1850 from the appellants to discharge a note and mortgage held by one William Lay encumbering real property owned by the wife. She executed a note evidencing the loan and signed the instrument "Exerdell B. Martin, a single woman". As security for the note she executed and delivered to the Smiths a mortgage which, too, described her as "a single woman". She wasn't single at all, having...
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