139 Tenn. 695 | Tenn. | 1918
delivered the opinion of the Court.-
The defendant in error had a' judgment against one Thompson. Pie caused an execution to be issued ón the judgment, and had plaintiff in error summoned as garnishee. The. hearing of the garnishment was set for a day in July. At the time plaintiff in error was summoned he and Thompson had in contemplation a trip to be made by the latter to Pennsylvania to consummate a deal in coal lands. Under an agreement between plaintiff in error and Thompson, if the deal went through, the former was to receive $7,500. He was therefore desirous that Thompson should'make the trip. Thompson had also been sum
We are of the opinion that the judgment of the court of civil appeals must be reversed, and that of the trial judge affirmed. The promise certainly was direct and clear from plaintiff in error to the defendant in error. When such is the case, the statute of frauds does not apply. Lookout Mountain Rail
The foregoing principles fully support the conclusion we have reached.
The result is the judgment of the court of civil appeals must be reversed and that of the trial court affirmed.