Chandler v. Davidson

This was an action of debt brought by Davidson against Ghandler and wife before a justice of the peace. The ground of the suit was a parol promise which the wife, before her marriage with Chandler, and whilst she was a widow, made to the plaintiff to pay him a certain debt due him from her deceased husband. Plea, nil debet. The justice gave judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant appealed. The cause was submitted to the Circuit Court, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff.

The material facts, as they appear from the record, are as follows: The first husband of Mrs. Chandler resided with…