Charles Ilfeld Co. v. Nickson

SADLER, Justice.

The question for review is that of defendant’s personal liability to plaintiff (appellee here) on an alleged promise to pay the latter’s merchandise account out of the profits arising from the management of the business of defendant’s then son-in-law, which management it was claimed the defendant had taken over and assumed.

The defendant’s former son-in-law, John B. Beers, Jr., was engaged in business in Roswell under the trade-name of Niekson Liquor Shop and became involved in financial difficulties. Creditors, among them the plaintiff, began to press for payment of their…