Hester v. Wesson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Benton. This was a proceeding before a justice of the peace, for a sum under twenty dollars, and carried by certiorari to the county court. On the trial, it appeared that the husband of plaintiff in error had agreed to send his children to school with defendant in error; that after the school commenced, the husband died; that the children continued to go to the school afterwards.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Benton. This was a proceeding before a justice of the peace, for a sum under twenty dollars, and carried by certiorari to the county court. On the trial, it appeared that the husband of plaintiff in error had agreed to send his children to school with defendant in error; that after the school commenced, the husband died; that the children continued to go to the school afterwards. At the close of the session, on the application of defendant in error, she gave her note for the tuition of the children sent, under and according to the agreement entered into between…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
This action is on a note made by the plaintiff in error, the consideration of which was a debt due by the estate of her intestate. It does not appear that there was any new consideration of harm to the promissee, or benefit to the promissor; and it is, therefore, a promise by the adm’rx to pay the debt of her intestate, which, although in writing, being without consideration, is void by the statute of frauds. This has been considered the settled construction of the statute, ever since the decision in the case of Rann v. Hughes, determined in the House of Lords. [See the case in 7 Term Rep.…
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