Legal Opinion

Brown v. Fowler

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 5, 1900Published

Assumpsit. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.

The defendants excepted to the court’s refusal to instruct the jury that the consideration of a promise to pay the debt of another must be expressed in -writing. This is not an open question, for it has been held for more than a quarter of a century that if need not be so expressed. Britton v. Angier, 48 N. H. 420; Lang v. Henry, 54 N. H. 57, 59; Goodnow v. Bond, 59 N. H. 150; McDonald v. Fernald, 68 N. H. 171.

Exception overruled.

Parsons, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McDonald v. FernaldSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
  2. Goodnow v. BondSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879