Associated Dry Goods Corp. v. Hill

Lichtenfeld, J.,

This matter is before the court on defendant’s preliminary objections to plaintiff’s complaint.

Plaintiff, Associated Dry Goods Corporation (Lord & Taylor Division) brings this action in assumpsit against defendant, Winifred Hill, upon a contract to pay to plaintiff an indebtedness incurred by his daughter, Nancy Hill.

In the fall of 1957, in response to a demand made by plaintiff for payment from Nancy Hill of her indebtedness to it of $337.67, defendant sent plaintiff a letter dated November 8, 1957, in which defendant stated, inter alia, “As my daughter, Nancy, is not working…