Case Name: JACOB M. CURRIER vs. PETER HODGDON, jr.
Court: New Hampshire Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1824-09
Citations: 3 N.H. 82
Docket Number: 
Parties: JACOB M. CURRIER vs. PETER HODGDON, jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 82–83

Head Matter:
JACOB M. CURRIER vs. PETER HODGDON, jr.
if. gave tf> G, a note, payable in specific article?. G. sold the note to C., to whom U. promised to pay the contents, when it should become payable — It was held, that €. might maintain an action on the said promise.
Assumpsit. The plaintiff alleged, in his declaration, that the defendant gave to 0. Govt a promise in writing, as follows : “ For value received, I promise to pay 0. Gove or his <{ order, ⅝30 worth of neat stock, within six months. May & 20, 1822;” that Gove, for a valuable consideration, ordered the contents tobe paid to the plaintiff ; and, before the day of payment, notice of the transfer was given to the defendant, who promised to deliver the stock to the plaintiff at the time specified in the original contract.
The cause was tried here at February term, 1824, upon the general issue ; Avilen it was admitted, that the defendant, for a valuable consideration, made the promise to Gove, as alleged ; and it appeared, that the interest in the said promise had been assigned, for a valuable consideration, by Gore, to the plaintiff, and that before the day of payment, Gove and the plaintiff informed the defendant of the said assignment, and shewed him the same on the hack of the original contract; and that the defendant thereupon promised the plaintiff to pay the same stock to the plaintiff, according to the tenor of said note.
A vp,relict, was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion ®f the court upon the foregoing case.
Christie, for the plaintiff.
James Bartlett, for the defendant.

Opinion:
By the court.
The original contract having in this case been duly assigned to the plaintiff, an equitable interest became vested in him, which would, in case of any breach of the contract, have entitled him to maintain an action in Cove's name ; and it is settled, that such an equitable interest is a sufficient consideration to sustain an express promise. 10 Mass. Rep. 316, Crocker vs. Whitney.—12 ditto 281, Mowry vs. Todd.—44 John. 378, Doty vs. Wilson.—Couper 290, Hawes vs. Saunders.—6 Mass. Rep. 42.—2 W. Black. 1269, Fenner vs. A Meares.
We are therefore of opinion, that the plaintiffis entitled to
Judgment on the verdict,