Barto v. Phillips

Citations

• 28 Wash. 482
• 68 P. 895
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 510

Syllabus

<p>STATUTE OF FRAUDS-ORAL PROMISE TO PAY DEBT OF ANOTHER.</p> <p>The oral promise of defendants to pay certain -written orders drawn on them hy their agent in payment of his own indebtedness, in case there was any money due him from them at the termination of his employment, is unenforcible, under Bal. Code, § 4576, subd. 2, as being a promise to answer for the debt of another, and not in writing by the persons sought to be charged.</p>