Court Opinion

ID: 7031263
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 06:40:57.290773+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:10:58.627427
License: Public Domain

ASSUMPSIT by Martin Thayer, assignee of Isaac Fisher, against Joseph Baird on an instrument of writing as follows, which was assigned by Fisher to the plaintiff: “ Rec’d May, 1840, of W. B. Tapscott one carriage to sell, and pay the amount over to Isaac Fisher when collected, which carriage I have sold on time, and did agree to pay the amount of said carriage (one hundred and forty-five dollars) as above stated to Isaac Fisher by the express order of the above-named Tapscott. Joseph Baird’.” Held, that the instrument contained no promise on which an action would lie. Ephraims et al. v. Murdock, 1 Blackf. 10.