International Textbook Co. v. Martin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon an agreement in writing whereby the defendant guaranteed the payment by his son to the plaintiff of sums of money agreed by the son to be paid according to the provisions of an agreement" as to a scholarship. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated January 5, 1912. On appeal to the Superior Court, the case was tried before Hitchcock, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Contract upon an agreement in writing whereby the defendant guaranteed the payment by his son to the plaintiff of sums of money agreed by the son to be paid according to the provisions of an agreement" as to a scholarship. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated January 5, 1912. On appeal to the Superior Court, the case was tried before Hitchcock, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge ordered a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $57.67; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
By the written agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant’s son, the son subscribed “for a Scholarship in the International Correspondence Schools, covering a Course of Correspondence Instruction in Telephone Engineering,” and he promised to “Pay for said Scholarship the sum of” $78.40, in instalments of $5 each, the first instalment to be paid at the time of signing the subscription and the remaining instalments “within each and every period of four weeks hereafter until said price is paid in full.” It was further agreed that in case of default in the payment of any one of said…
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