Bissig v. Britton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlppealfrom Buchanan Circuit Court. cited the following authorities: Thomas vs. Cook, 8 Barn. & Cr., 728; (Contra Green vs. Cresswell, 10 Ad. & El., 453) Cripp vs. Hartman, 10 Jur. N. S., 200 ; Chapin vs. Merrill. 4 Wend., 657; 5 Greenl, 304; Smith vs. Say ward, “ Thorp Val. Verb.
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Jlppealfrom Buchanan Circuit Court. cited the following authorities: Thomas vs. Cook, 8 Barn. & Cr., 728; (Contra Green vs. Cresswell, 10 Ad. & El., 453) Cripp vs. Hartman, 10 Jur. N. S., 200 ; Chapin vs. Merrill. 4 Wend., 657; 5 Greenl, 304; Smith vs. Say ward, “ Thorp Val. Verb. Ag.” §§ 438 to 478; Lucas vs. Chamberlain, 8 B. Mon., 276; Holmes vs. Knight, 10 N. H., 175. I. "Where the promisor and promisee are about to unité in an instrument of writing, as sureties for a third person,-the promise to indemnify is not within the statute of frauds (12 N. Y., 462; 10 Barb., 512 ; 4 Hurls. & N.…
1Opinion of the Court
Wa&n-br, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action upon a verbal promise made by the defendant, to hold the plaintiff harmless from all damages arising by reason of plaintiff signing, as surety, a replevin bond for John A. Wisner and others, they being about to commence an action for the recovery of personal property before a justice of the peace.
The petition alleged that defendant had already signed the bond as surety, and that in order to make it good he requested plaintiff to sign it also, promising at the time that he would hold plaintiff harmless from all damages…
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