 | John Louis Taylor Sneed, Tennessee. Supreme Court - 1857 - 812 oldal
...a technical term. and what is its meaning ? A guaranty is a promise made upon a good consideration, to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance...in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance. — Bouvier's Listituies, p. 362, No.... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1859 - 654 oldal
...sense of the term? Or is it an unconditional promise to pay? " A guaranty, in its enlarged sense, is a promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in the case of the failure of another person, who, in the first instance, is liable." 3 Kent's Comm. 121.... | |
 | William Waterston - 1859 - 316 oldal
...rent payahle for clmreh lands ; also for huilding-ground, &c. GOARANTER, an engagement for some dehl, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person who is primarily responsihle. GOiLD, an ancient term for a mereantile corporation. 11OLOGRAPn, Scot., a document... | |
 | 1064 oldal
...undertakes to do something for another, who is liable to perform the matter ; more explicitly, it is the promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of Eome duty, in case of the failure of another person who is himself, in the first instance, liable to... | |
 | 1854 - 560 oldal
...presently advert. We will premise, with regard to the general subject of a guarantee, that it may be defined to be a promise to answer for the payment...in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance : (Tell on Guaranties, 1.) Such promise,... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1864 - 624 oldal
...by parol evidence. Could he do so legally ? A guaranty is a promise made upon a good consideration, to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance...in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance. 1 Bouvier's Law Diet. Smith on Mercantile... | |
 | 504 oldal
...it affected by the Statute of Frauds f ANS. A guarantee is a promise, in writing, to be responsible for the payment of some debt, or the performance of...some duty in case of the failure of another person primarily liable to such payment or performance. By the 4th section of the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1874 - 812 oldal
...endorser, unless it be otherwise plainly expressed, is liable to the holder as surety. IV. A guaranty is a promise to answer for the payment of some debt or...duty in case of the failure of another person who is primarily liable for such payment or performance; but the obligation which an ordinary endorsement... | |
 | Franklin Chamberlin - 1869 - 1004 oldal
...chapter. CHAPTER X. OF GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP. SECTION 1. — Definitions and General Principles. A GUARANTY is defined to be, " a promise to answer...payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, iu case of the failure of another person, who is in the first instance liable." The engagement is a... | |
 | Montgomery Hunt Throop - 1870 - 852 oldal
...treatises and digests this part of the statute is treated under the head of Guaranty. (i) " A guaranty is a promise to answer for the payment of some debt,...duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is in the first instance liable to such payment or performance." Fell on Guaranty and Suretyship, page... | |
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The promise thus made was a promise " to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person who is himself, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance. 
