Red River National Bank v. J. E. Ferguson

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts, holding that the Married Woman’s Act of 1913 does not give a wife the power to be a surety for her husband’s debt; the proviso in article 4624 is a restrictive, negative provision interpreted by expressio unius est exclusio alterius. The Court also held that the Act's title and caption cannot be used to infer a broader contractual power for wives.