Feiler v. Rosenbloom

Two divergent schools of thought are involved in this appeal. The appellant, Alfred W. Feiler, urges that we follow that expressed by the late Samuel Goldwyn that "[a] verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” * 1 2 The appellees, Benjamin Rosenbloom, Adolph Farber, William Chanoff and Charles Ellerin, suggest we adhere to that stated in Don Quixote 2 "an honest man’s word is as good as his bond.” Indeed, the appellees actually go one step beyond Don Quixote and entreat that "a man’s word be made to be as good as his bond.” Being men of conviction, the appellees invoked the…