Grand Forks Lumber & Coal Co. v. Tourtelot

We find no reversible error in this case. The action was for a balance due for fuel delivered by plaintiff to the Dual City Gas Company, but for which it was alleged that the defendant promised and agreed to pay. There was no contest over the delivery of the fuel, but defendant denied any promise *588to pay. The jury found against him, and, a new trial being refused, he appeals to this court. The case shows that the defendant was receiver of an insolvent bank, to which the Dual City Gas Company was indebted. It appears that the gas company had reached a point where it found it difficult, if not…