H. Hackfeld & Co. v. Wilson

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

FREAR, C.J.

This action of assumpsit for $267.93 comes here on appeal from the Circuit Judge, to whom it went on appeal from the District Court of South Hilo, under Act 11 of the Laws of 1898. Judgment was given for the plaintiff in both the lower courts. By the provisions of said Act 11 only questions of law may be considered by this court in a case of this kind on appeal. The sole question of law raised on the merits of the case is whether the promise sued on was one to ansAver for the debt of another and so Avithin the statute of frauds, for it was not in writing.

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