Hoch v. Hill

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This was an action in assumpsit on an oral promise alleged to have been made by the defendants, who are husband and wife, to pay plaintiff the amount of a judgment which she held against Albert R. Hoch and Kate R. Hoch, if she would agree to ‘sign off’ the judgment.

Most of the following facts are not in real dispute. Albert R. Hoch, Kate R. Hoch and Susan Leibensperger were the owners of certain real estate in the Townships of Maidencreek and Ruscombmanor, and in the Borough of Fleetwood, all in Berks County. The real estate was encumbered with one or more mortgages and…