Long v. Saufley
Long v. Saufley
Opinion of the Court
Action upon a contract to pay plaintiff five hundred dollars “out of money collected on judgment in action of Frank v. Kilbourn et al., .... provided the-said money shall be collected from property of defendant pointed out by the said Long.” The complaint avers that said Long “ did point out property belonging to said Kilbourn of the value of thirty thousand dollars out of which said judgment could have been collected, and did keep and perform all the requirements of said agreement on his part to be kept and performed ”; but that defendant compromised and settled said judgment by accepting four thousand dollars without the knowledge or consent of Long. Judgment was given for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Findings were waived, and the evidence is not brought up. It must therefore be presumed that Long did point out property from which the amount of the judgment in question could have been collected, and that the appel-.
We therefore advise that the judgment he affirmed.
Foote, C., and Belcher, C. C., concurred.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion, the judgment is affirmed.
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- JOHN LONG v. R. C. SAUFLEY
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- Syllabus
- Prevention of Performance — Instance. —Defendant promised to pay to plaintiff a certain sum if he should point out property out of which a judgment against a third person could be made. Plaintiff pointed out the required property, but the defendant chose to compromise his claim, and accepted less than was due on the judgment. Held, that plaintiff could recover the sum promised.