Case Name: HOFFMAN against LARUE
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1810-09
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 685
Docket Number: 
Parties: [*] HOFFMAN against LARUE.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 259–259

Head Matter:
[*] 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.

Opinion:
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.