Swift Coal & Timber Co. v. Lewis

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke.

Reversing.

On February 5,1913, appellant executed and delivered to appellee the following obligation:

“ White sburg, Ky., February 5, 1913. We bind ourselves to pay Martha Lewis $200.00, two hundred dollars, when the suit, now pending in the Letcher court of Martha Lewis v. John E. Golden is settled in favor of Martha Lewis in full. Swift Coal & Timber Co. By S. H. Fields. ’ ’

On February 18, 1915, appellee brought suit thereon alleging that the suit in the Letcher circuit court of Martha Lewis v. John E. Golden had theretofore been decided by said court in…