Blackston v. Durant

This was a suit by Willie Durant against Walter Blackston in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was indebted to her in a named sum, which indebtedness “arose because plaintiff, at the request of the defendant with promise to pay the same on demand, paid ten notes totalling $326.90 which defendant owed to C. I. T. Corporation,” etc. The plaintiff testified that she was the stepdaughter of the defendant, and at his oral request had paid the notes the defendant owed C. I. T. Corporation with her own funds. There was no evidence of an express promise to repay the money on demand. The…