Scott v. Eldridge

Decided February 15, 1807

Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1807-02-15

March 13, 1806. John Scott, Dr. to Abigail Eldridge, twenty dollars, for which sum, she agreed to assign away her right in a certain piece of cedar swamp, bought by said Scott.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1932

1 state decisions

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Decided 1807-02-15

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¶1OH CERTIORARI.

¶2Demand on agreement, must state it to be mutual.

¶3The state of demand before the justice, was as follows:

¶4This state of demand was objected to, as insufficient to support an action; for that the agreement of Abigail Eldridge, the plaintiff below, to sell her right, could not bind Scott, the defendant, unless he agreed to purchase [115] the right of her. The state of demand, ought, therefore, to have set out an agreement on the part of Scott to purchase the right to pay the twenty dollars for it, for which defect in the state of demand, the court reversed the judgment.