Gilman v. Ferguson

Appellants brought an assumpsit against appellee to recover upon an alleged promise to pay the indebtedness of his mother to them, amounting to $1,414.83, and due and owing September 1, 1896. The declaration consisted of two special counts and the common counts. The first special count, after stating the indebtedness from the mother, alleged that in consideration the plaintiffs “ would continue to sell and deliver goods to said Louisa Ferguson as required by her, so long as payments made by her to said’ plaintiffs should equal the amount of the purchases made by her from ” them, defendant…