Arnold v. . Nichols’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

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1. ““Bowen transferred to the firm the assets to which his creditors had the right to look for the payment of their claims, and hence the promise of the • firm to pay such claims must be deemed to have been made for their benefit: It was not made to exonerate Bowen from the payment of his debts, and not primarily nor directly for his benefit, as his property was to be taken to pay the' debts, and he was still to remain liable- as one of the principals to pay them. This case is therefore unlike the case of Merrill v. Green, 55 N. Y. 270 , and the action is maintainable upon the principles laid down in the case of Lawrence v. Fox, 20 N. Y. 268 , and also recognized in Burr v. Beers, 24 N. Y. 178 ; Thorp v. Coal Co., 48 N. Y. 253 , and Claflin v. Ostrom, 54 N. Y. 581 . Hinman had the right to adopt the promise made expressly for his benefit.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spingarn v. Rosenfeld