| Mass. | Jan 6, 1875
The promise of the plaintiff to the defendant was not a promise to pay the debt of another, but to pay the defendant’s own debt to a third person, and was not within the statute.of frauds. Alger v. Scoville, 1 Gray, 391, 395. Although it had not been performed before the bringing of this action, it was a sufficient consideration for the defendant’s note to the plaintiff. Gower v. Capper, Cro. Eliz. 543. Nichols v. Raynbred, Hob. 88 b. Hodgkins v. Moulton, 100 Mass. 309" date_filed="1868-11-15" court="Mass." case_name="Hodgkins v. Moulton">100 Mass. 309. Backus v. Spaulding, ante, 418. Exceptions overruled.