Derbes v. Décuir

The plaintiff is appellant from a judgment which rejects his claim against the defendant, on an alleged assumption of the latter of one-half of a sum due to the plaintiff bu-the 'defendant’s father-in-law. |

The general issue was pleaded. The counsel of the'plaintiff and appellant urges, that evidence of the defendant’s promise is found in the deposition of Césaire Delahoussaye ; and results from his neglect to answer the interrogatory of the plaintiff iiy4his respect.

As to the deposition of Delahoussaye, unsupported by corroborating circumstances, it is invalid, and affords no complete…