Slater, Myers & Co. v. Demorest Spoke & Handle Co.

Robinson was indebted to the plaintiffs $114.91 on an account. He sold out his stock of goods to defendants, and informed plaintiffs that defendants had assumed payment of the account. Plaintiffs wrote to defendants, and in answer received a letter signed by defendants, stating that “in purchasing Mr. Robinson’s stock of goods we assumed $1,000 indebtedness on the goods. We were to pay $100 of it monthly. Before he left the store I had him to give me a list of the firms he desired me to pay first, and the amounts to each one. Your firm’s name was on the list, and the amount $25. We have lived…