McDowell, Stocker & Co. v. Sharp
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Henry C. Beitler, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
The defendant offered no evidence and the case, on the merits, presents only the question whether the evidence on the part of the plaintiff is sufficient to sustain the finding and judgment.
We think that the verbal promise of the defendant of August 8, that he would pay for the presses if Wollgren did not, was in substance a promise to pay the debt of another and within the Statute of Frauds.
The written proposal of plaintiff of August 14 was to sell to Wollgren the presses at $475, to be paid in a 60 day note of Wollgren indorsed by Sharp. This proposal was accepted by Wollgren and Sharp in…
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