 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 864 pages
...and object of the promisor is, not to answer for another, but to subserve some purpose of his own, his promise is not within the statute, although it...may incidentally have the effect of extinguishing the liability of another. ' 3 Pars. Cont. (5th Ed.) 24. "The statute of frauds was intended to protect... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Commercial law - 1857 - 524 pages
...purpose and object of the promisor is not to answer for another, but to subserve some purpose of his own, his promise is not within the statute, although it...may incidentally have the effect of extinguishing the liability of another. If there be an oral promise to pay the debt of another, and also to do some... | |
 | Commerce - 1863 - 498 pages
...purpose and object of the promisor is not to answer for another, but to subserve some purpose of his own, his promise is not within the statute, although it...may incidentally have the effect of extinguishing the liability of another. If there be an oral promise to pay the debt of another, and also to do some... | |
 | Causten Browne - Statute of frauds - 1863 - 616 pages
...to the other contracting party, his promise is not within the statute, although it may be inform a promise to pay the debt of another, and although the performance of it may incidentally-have the effect of extinguishing that liability." Emerson v. Slater, 22 Howard, (US) 28.... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Consideration (Law) - 1866 - 810 pages
...purpose and object of the promisor is not to answer for another, but to subserve some purpose of his own, his promise is not within the statute, although it...may incidentally have the effect of extinguishing the liability of another, (t) There are several classes of cases which may perhaps be more satisfactorily... | |
 | Montgomery Hunt Throop - Frauds, Statute of - 1870 - 852 pages
...purpose and object of tho promisor is not to answer for another, but to subserve some purpose of his own, his promise is not within the statute; although it...may incidentally have the effect of extinguishing the liability of another. There are several classes of cases, which may perhaps be more satisfactorily... | |
 | Law - 1892 - 554 pages
...purpose of his own, involving either a benefit to himself or damage to the other contracting party, his promise is not within the statute, although it...of another, and although the performance of it may accidentally have the effect of extinguishing that liability.' It is possible that the language qnoted... | |
 | Causten Browne - Statute of frauds - 1870 - 616 pages
...to the other contracting party, his promise is not within the statute, although it may be infopm a promise to pay the debt of another, and although the...have the effect of extinguishing that liability." Emerson p. Slater, 22 Howard (US), 28. (As to this rule for determining whether the statute applies,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Samuel Freeman Miller - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 756 pages
...purpose of his own, involving either a benefit to himself, or damage to the other contracting party, his promise is not within the statute, although it...incidentally have the effect of extinguishing that liability. Nelson v. Boynton, 3 Met. 400; Leonard v. Vredenburg, 8 Johns. R. 39; Farley v. Cleveland, 4 Cow. 432;... | |
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Whenever the main purpose and object of the promisor is not to answer for another, but to subserve some pecuniary or business purpose of his own, involving either a benefit to himself or damage to the other contracting party, his promise is not within... 
