New York Supreme Court, 1869

Mackintosh v. Fatman

Mackintosh v. Fatman
New York Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1869 · Sutherland
38 How. Pr. 145

Counsel

Charles H. Smith, for plaintiff., Hooper C. Yah Yorst, for defendant.

Mackintosh v. Fatman

Opinion of the Court

Sutherland, J.

Assuming that the rent is a debt or liability of the firm of Myers, Canfield & Co., I think that the complaint does not show a right in the plaintiffs to bring- an action on the bond, and therefore, that it does not show a cause of action by the plaintiffs against the defendant.

The plaintiffs were not parties to the bond, and there is no privity of contract between them and the obligors, or the surviving obligor.

The case made by the complaint is not the case of A. promising B. to pay C. (a named, specified third party,) a certain specified sum of money. ■

There must be judgment for the defendant on the demurrer, with costs.

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