Wright v. McCully

67 Mo. 134

• Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
• Decided: October 15, 1877
• Status: Published

Opinion

Napton, J.

This was an action on an account, to which the defendant set up a counter claim of $40.75, and the plaintiff replied denying this claim. The finding of the court, to whom the case was submitted, was in favor of the counter claim, and a judgment given for defendant for $15.67. -The only point of objection to this judgment is, that the order given the defendant by a creditor of the plaintiff, not having been accepted in writing by the plaintiff, was not binding; but it appeared in this case that all three of the parties, plaintiff, defendant and the plaintiff’s creditor, met together, and that it was agreed between them that the plaintiff could pay to defendant the debt he owed to the third person, who was a debtor of defendant to the-same amount. Such an agreement, though verbal, is not within the statute of frauds. Black v. Paul, 10 Mo. 104; The order in this case was not the foundation óf the ac^ tion, but merely admitted to show the exact amount assumed by the plaintiff.

All concur, except IIenry, J., not sitting.

Judgment affirmed.

Affirmed.