Case Name: Pabodie against King
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1815-10
Citations: 12 Johns. 426
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pabodie against King.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 426–426

Head Matter:
Pabodie against King.
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IN ERROR, on certiorari to a justice’s court.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by King, the plaintiff below, against Pabodie, the defendant below. The grounc¡ Dfthe plaintiff’s claim was, that he and one Perry were indebted, by their joint promissory note, to Pabodie, for 100 bushels of wheat. The note being due and recoverable in money, the defendant called on the plaintiff beloWj and promised, that if he would pay him fifty dollars on the note, he would forbear to sue him until" he had endeavoured to collect the balance of the note by a suit against Perry ; the plaintiff, accordingly, paid fifty dollars, and the defendant, after waiting about a year, without having attempted to sue Perry, brought an action against the plaintiff, and recovered the balance of the note in the supreme court. The justice gave judgment for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The promise to forbear was a nudum pactum, In paying the fifty dollars, King did no more than he was legally bound to doand the promise, on the part of Pabodie, waS without any benefit to him, and occasioned no loss to King,
Judgment reversed.