Case Name: Frederick G. Sanford, Doing Business under the Firm Name, etc., Appellant, v. Ferdinand Witt, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-01
Citations: 176 A.D. 937
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frederick G. Sanford, Doing Business under the Firm Name, etc., Appellant, v. Ferdinand Witt, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 176
Pages: 937–937

Head Matter:
Frederick G. Sanford, Doing Business under the Firm Name, etc., Appellant, v. Ferdinand Witt, Respondent.

Opinion:
Notwithstanding the form of the contracts in which the owners were each named, Mr. Witt's letters of January sixteenth and February thirteenth contained his individual promises of payment. The complaint averred the work to have been at defendant's special instance and request. In view, however, of these subsequent letters, plaintiff may, if so advised, apply to Special Term for such amendment of the complaint, so as to present distinctly the questions of these promises to pay plaintiff's claims and the further issue of plaintiff's performance of their contracts. The judgment and order of the County Court of Westchester county are, therefore, reversed and a new trial ordered, costs to abide the event. Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Staple-ton, Rich and Putnam, JJ., concurred.