Spooner v. Dunn

This action was brought by Strange S, Dwnn against George H. Dunn, in his lifetime, upon the promise of the latter to pay certain debts of Coll and Me Groty, made under the following circumstances: The plaintiff had obtained judgments before the mayor of the city of Lawrencebwrgh against Coll and Me Groty, who were sub-contractors for work on a railroad of which the defendant was president. Having levied his executions upon property sufficient to satisfy them, the plaintiff, with the defendants in the executions and the officer, went to the office of the railroad company, where the defendant…