Snell v. Rogers
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by John A. Snell, Alanson Snell, and Lewis D. Snell, partners under the firm name and style of John A. Snell & Sons, against James Rogers, E. F. Fauquier, and George A. Taylor, partners under the firm name and style of Rogers, Fauquier & Taylor. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The complaint in this action alleges that the defendants are indebted in the sum therein specified, for work, labor, and service done and performed by plaintiffs, their agent, servant, and teams, for the defendants, and at their request. The answer is a denial of the principal allegation in the complaint; an allegation that the work was performed for a person other than the defendants, and that any alleged agreement by the defendants to pay plaintiffs for the same was a paroi collateral promise to answer for the debt of another, and void by the statutes of fraud. *380The case shows that the…
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