Elwell v. Cumner
Cases that cite this one
15 later published cases cite this decision.
- Linzer v. Weitzen (N.Y. 1944)
- Linzer v. Weitzen (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1943)
- Stewart v. Johnson (Mass. 1925)
- Herrington v. . Davitt (N.Y. 1917)
- Coe v. Rosene (Wash. 1911)
- Pearsall v. Tabour (Minn. 1906)
- Smith v. Stanchfield (Minn. 1901)
- Kiernan v. Fox (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1899)
- Jacobs v. Carpenter (Mass. 1894)
- Lawrence v. . Harrington (N.Y. 1890)
- Bigelow v. Norris (Mass. 1886)
- Dennan v. Gould (Mass. 1886)
- Bigelow v. Norris (Mass. 1885)
- Kenney v. Brown (Mass. 1885)
- Meech v. Lamon (Ind. 1885)
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Opinion of the Court
The assurances contained in the two latest letters were conditional, and there was no evidence of the defendant’s ability to pay. Randidge v. Lyman, 124 Mass. 361. The plaintiff, however, places his reliance on the letter of August 18, 1878, which contained the following: “I shall pay you all and the interest, but you will have to give me time.” We
Judgment affirmed.
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