Scott Hudgens Realty & Mortgage, Inc. v. Executive Action, Inc.

Bell, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, an employment agency, brought this suit to recover on an alleged debt. The debt claimed is a fee that plaintiff charged for recruiting an employee for the defendant. Held:

1. The issue presented is whether the section of the Statute of Frauds concerning a promise to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another is applicable to this case. Code § 20-401 (2). An employee of the plaintiff testified that he had a conversation with the loan manager of the defendant corporation concerning the subject of "placing an employee” with the defendant. According to this…