Case Name: Robert Snodgrass v. Charles Kirtly et al.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1868-06-09
Citations: 2 Ky. Op. 563
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Snodgrass v. Charles Kirtly et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 2
Pages: 563–564

Head Matter:
Robert Snodgrass v. Charles Kirtly et al.
Pleading — Petition—Written Instruments.
To constitute a cause of action, it is necessary in a petition to allege that a letter of introduction, saying the party was a “clever gentleman,” was written with a fraudulent intent, and that it was held as guaranty for the debt contracted thereunder.
Same — Notice.
For the writer of such a letter to be bound, it is necessary that he be notified that he would be held for any loss occasioned thereby.
APPEAL PROM ROCKCASTLE CIRCUIT COURT.
June 9, 1868.

Opinion:
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Peters :
There is no allegation in the petition that the letter addressed by Kirtly and Owens to appellant introducing Lewis to him as a "clever gentleman" was written with any fraudulent intent on their part, or that they knew Lewis to be of a character different from that which they represented.
Garter, for appellant.
Nor is it alleged that appellant held their letter' as a guaranty for the debt contracted by Lewis with him, and had notified them of the fact. The petition was therefore insufficient to show a cause of action against appellees in either aspect. Wherefore the demurrer was properly sustained, and the judgment is affirmed.