Duerre v. Ruediger

This action is brought upon an oral promise, claimed to have been made by the defendants to one Etzel for the benefit of plaintiffs. The petition charges that Etzel, being indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $100, and to the defendants in the sum of $350, agreed to transfer and did transfer to the defendants certain property in satisfaction of the debt due from him to them and in consideration .of their additional promise, that they would pay his debt to the plaintiffs.

On the trial of the cause before a jury the plaintiffs recovered a verdict and judgment for $50. The defendants appeal,…