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CITIZENS BANK v. OPPERMAN

No. 234.

249 U.S. 448 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 330

63 L.Ed. 701

CITIZENS BANK OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, v. OPPERMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jeremiah B. Collins, with whom Mr. Worth W. Pepple was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S.J. Crumpacker, with whom Mr. Samuel Parker, Mr. Frank E. Osborn, Mr. Lee L. Osborn and Mr. Will C. Crabill were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Section 7855, Burns' Anno. Indiana Statutes, 1914, provides: "A married woman shall not enter into any contract of suretyship, whether as indorser, guarantor, or in any other manner; and such contract, as to her, shall be void." Relying upon this, defendant in error sued to recover a certificate of National Bank stock issued in her name and held by plaintiff in error...

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