Simpson v. Patten
New York Supreme Court
In error on certiorari, from a justice’s court. J Patten, the defendant in error, sued Simpson, the plaintiff m error, m the court below, on a promise, that it he, Patten, would forbear to sue one J. S. the present plaintiff in error would pay the defendant in error the amount of the note of J. S. to the defendant in error, which was then due, as soon as he could sell an acre of land, belonging to the said J. S. which he was authorised to sell; and the plaintiff averred that…
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In error on certiorari, from a justice’s court. J Patten, the defendant in error, sued Simpson, the plaintiff m error, m the court below, on a promise, that it he, Patten, would forbear to sue one J. S. the present plaintiff in error would pay the defendant in error the amount of the note of J. S. to the defendant in error, which was then due, as soon as he could sell an acre of land, belonging to the said J. S. which he was authorised to sell; and the plaintiff averred that Simpson did sell the acre of land, for the sum of 50 dollars, fkc. The defendant in error, offered to prove the…
1Per curiam
A promise to pay the debt of a third person must be in writing, notwithstanding it is made on a sufficient consideration, (2 Str. 873. 2 Term Rep. 80. 2 Wils. 94. 1 Saund. 211. n. 2.) The judgment below must be reversed.
Judgment reversed.
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