Chambers v. Davis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. The- action was brought in the District Court by Asa W. Chambers, to the use of Robert Chambers, against Colin K. Davis, upon an alleged assumption by the defendant to pay the plaintiff a debt which his (the defendant’s) father, Richard Davis, owed to the said Robert Chambers.
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Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. The- action was brought in the District Court by Asa W. Chambers, to the use of Robert Chambers, against Colin K. Davis, upon an alleged assumption by the defendant to pay the plaintiff a debt which his (the defendant’s) father, Richard Davis, owed to the said Robert Chambers. The claim was for sea-stores, to the amount of $151 62, and interest, furnished from the store of the plaintiff, between March, 1827, and February, 1828, to the schooner Emily Davis, of which Richard Davis was the owner. During the time in which the…
1Opinion of the CourtSergeant, J.
In this suit the plaintiff alleged, that Richard Davis was indebted to him in the sum of $151 62; for sea-stores furnished by the plaintiff in the years 1827 and 1828, 'to the schooner Emily Davis, of which Richard Davis was owner; and that the defendant Colin K. Davis, the son of Richard, promised in the year 1833, to pay this debt to the plaintiff .in consideration of a transfer by his father to him in the year 1832, of. his interest (being one-half,) in the schooner Virginia Trader, a vessel worth about $4000. The defendant’s promise was proved by depositions, but the defendant alleged…
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