 | 1886 - 800 σελίδες
...wanting, or he should be obliged to pay in consequence of said agreement." But no evidence of jiny kind was given of any written contract between the...to the constable, which he was unable to perform. Hia failure subjected him to suit and judgment. After this had been done, after the contract had been... | |
 | 1913 - 1038 σελίδες
...to the other. [2] If it should be assumed that that character of engagement was, in legal effect, a contract to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another and within the statute of frauds, and if it should be further assumed that a mortgage executed, after the... | |
 | James Smith McMaster - 1908 - 800 σελίδες
...sold. The trial court held that the plaintiff, Charles W. Wilson, could not recover, because this was a contract to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another, and under the statute of frauds must be in writing. The higher court, however, reversed the lower court,... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Philip Loring Spooner, Abram Daniel Smith, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1912 - 784 σελίδες
...contract feature little need be said. It is clear that if there was any contract at any time it was a contract to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another, and such contracts are void if not in writing. Sec. 2307, Stats. (1898). The reasons why there can be no... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1914 - 788 σελίδες
...Miln-bener v. Henderson.] If it should he assumed that that character of engagement was, in legal effect, a contract to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another and within the statute of frauds, and if it should be further assumed that a mortgage executed, after the... | |
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... that they have re-insured their risks with other persons carrying on business in the insurance world, notably at Lloyd's. On the other hand, the contract demanded by the Dock Board was a guarantee ; the defendants in the contract style themselves... 