¶1A promise to pay the debt of a third person must be in writing, notwithstanding it is made on a sufficient consideration, (2 Str. 873. 2 Term Rep. 80. 2 Wils. 94. 1 Saund. 211. n. 2.) The judgment below must be reversed.
¶2Judgment reversed.
4 Johns. 422
Simpson v. Patten
Decided August 15, 1809
New York Supreme Court · decided 1809-08-15
In error on certiorari, from a justice’s court. J Patten, the defendant in error, sued Simpson, the plaintiff m error, m the court below, on a promise, that it he, Patten, would forbear to sue one J. S. the present plaintiff in error would pay the defendant in error the amount of the note of J. S. to the defendant in error, which was then due, as soon as he could sell an acre of land, belonging to the said J. S. which he was authorised to sell; and the plaintiff averred that…
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Decided 1809-08-15
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