Case ID: njl_3/html/0259-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

[*] HOFFMAN against LARUE.
    A promise to pay another's debt, must be in writing.
    The action below was brought by Larue against Hoffman, on the following instrument
    Sept. 3, 1809: This is to certify, that I, Jacob Hoffman, of the town-
    ship of Lebanon, freeholder, do become security for Abraham Van Camp, in a note of sixty dollars. . JACOB HOFFMAN.
   By the Court.

It does not appear to whom Hoffman became security; Larue’s name is not in the instrument, and as this is a promise to pay the debt of another, the promise must all be in writing. The defendant cannot be helped by averments and parol evidence.

Judgment reversed.