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19 Wis. 231

Williams v. Ketchum

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1865

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1865-01-15

This appeal was taken by the defendant from an order of said court overruling a demurrer to the complaint as not stating a cause of action. The contract declared on is set out in the opinion.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently January 1918

4 state decisions

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Decided 1865-01-15

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¶1By the Court,

DOWNER, J.

¶2Is there a consideration expressed in the written memorandum set out in the complaint, so as to make it a valid agreement, within the statute of frauds ? The memorandum is as follows: “ I will be responsible for the purchase of goods from Williams, Smith & Co., for A. C. Dougherty or by his order, until I give them notice to the contrary. Chicago, October 9, 1860. (Signed) H. Ketchum.” This is equivalent to saying, if you will sell Dougherty goods, in consideration thereof, I will be responsible for the amount of the sales until notice to the contrary. It has been uniformly held that such memorandums relating to future sales, do express, not in so many words, but as gathered from the whole instrument, the consideration, and are valid. This answers, in substance, all the objections to the complaint.

¶3Order of the court below affirmed, with costs.

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