Mulholland v. Bartlett

Citations

• 74 Ill. 58

Syllabus

<p>1. Consideration —forbearance to sue. To make forbearance to sue a good consideration for a promise to pay, there must be a well-founded claim in law or in equity forborne, or there must be a compromise of a doubtful right.</p> <p>2. When a person in a strange city, on being threatened with suit upon the acceptance of a draft by a firm as a partner therein, when in fact he was not a partner, and had no connection with such firm, and so informed the holder of the draft,(to avoid suit);and to gain time gave the holder his written promise to pay the draft, it was held that there* was no valid com” sideration for Thmpromise, ~ ™ ~ ”</p>