Wilcox v. Draper
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Knox county. Tried below, before Barnes, J. The- facts appear in the opinion, cited Revised Codes of Dakota, (Civil Code) §§ 1654, 1659, 1688, 1895. Smith v. Damn, 6 Hill, (N, Y.) 543. Union Bank v. Custer Executors, 3 New York, 203. Douglass v. Howland, 24 Wendell, 35. Whitney v. Groot, 24 Id., 82. Allen v. Bightmere, 20 Johns, 365. Horsen v. Pike, 16 Ind., 140. -McNaughton v. Conklin, 9 Wis., 9. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 478, (note i). Id.,…
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Error to the district court for Knox county. Tried below, before Barnes, J. The- facts appear in the opinion, cited Revised Codes of Dakota, (Civil Code) §§ 1654, 1659, 1688, 1895. Smith v. Damn, 6 Hill, (N, Y.) 543. Union Bank v. Custer Executors, 3 New York, 203. Douglass v. Howland, 24 Wendell, 35. Whitney v. Groot, 24 Id., 82. Allen v. Bightmere, 20 Johns, 365. Horsen v. Pike, 16 Ind., 140. -McNaughton v. Conklin, 9 Wis., 9. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 478, (note i). Id., 14, (note e). Parsons Mercantile Law, 67. 1. The petition should have contained an itemized statement or copy of bill of…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Gh., J.
This is an action upon a guaranty, of which the following is a copy.
“Niobrara, Neb., July 20th, 1878.
E. P. Wilcox, Esq., Yankton, D. T.
Dear Sir: — The bearer is Mr. E. Eldridge, of our town of Niobrara. He wishes to buy a bill of lumber for a house for myself and will want a short time on part of it. If you will accommodate him you will greatly, oblige me and I will see- you paid as he agrees. Any statement. *140that he makes to you in regard to you and your brother starting a lumber yard here and purchasing wheat, you may depend upon. We are all quite anxious to have you .go into…
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