Hill v. Grat

The jury upon the uncontroverted evidence of the plaintiff would have been warranted in finding that in 1913 she lent to the defendant and one Rubenstein $400 which both promised to repay with interest and that Ruben-stein also gave his promissory note for the amount. The defendant having been adjudicated a bankrupt he promised the plaintiff at the first meeting of creditors, that if she would release Rubenstein from his obligation to pay “ the $400 which she had loaned them and prove her claim ... in the bankruptcy proceedings . . . and credit whatever dividend she received ... he, the…