Coe v. Rosene
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered March 10, 1911, upon findings in favor of the defendant, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This case involves the sufficiency of a promise to revive a debt discharged in bankruptcy. The facts are these; In February, 1900, respondent filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court at Chicago, and obtained his discharge in due time thereafter. Among the claims allowed were two notes given to Cephas Coe, one for $4,500, the other for $3,000. Cephas Coe died in 1903, and the appellants are his administrators. In November, 1903, Joseph Coe, as such administrator, wrote respondent a letter, in which he informed him of the death of Cephas Coe, and requested a payment…
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