Michigan Supreme Court December 30, 1909, Docket No. 146 (Jewett v. Bryant)

Hooker, J.

Bryant was a farmer; his wife’s name *347being Helen. The record shows that she approached a Mrs. Phelps for a loan of $600 to send to her adult daughter, who was married and lived in the West. The loan being agreed upon, Helen Bryant offered her own note, which Mrs. Phelps declined to accept unless Mr. Bryant would sign it.