Hurst Hardware Co. v. Goodman
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action -Dy the Hurst Hardware Company against A. Goodman. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEEUBARGER, JUDGE :
Alleged error in the rulings of the trial court on a demurrer 'to evidence constitutes the ground of complaint on this writ. The Hurst Hardware Company instituted the action to recover a sum due it for merchandise sold and delivered to a corporation, known as the Goodman Coal & Coke Company, amounting to $900.85, and also a sum due it, as assignee of the Williamson Grocery Company, for goods sold and delivered to the-same corporation; on the theory that the defendant, A. Goodman, had bound himself by verbal promises to pay said debts, not within the statute of frauds.
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