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241 A.D. 98

Lebolt & Co. v. Maloney

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1934-05-04

Relies on Meriden Britannia Co. v. . Zingsen

Decided 1934-05-04

Per Curiam.

¶1The agreement alleged in the complaint is not within the Statute of Frauds because it involved the substitution of the liability of the defendant for the liability of his son. This constituted an original undertaking by the defendant. (Meriden Britannia Co. v. Zingsen, 48 N. Y. 247; Mallory v. Gillett, 21 id. 412.)

¶2The order should be reversed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted.

¶3Present — Finch, P. J., Merrell, Martin, O'Malley and Untermyer, JJ.

¶4Order reversed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted.

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