...questionable right is a sufficient consideration to support a prom ike. Here, therefore, the giving up of a suit, instituted to try a question respecting which the law is duiibtful, is a good consideration to support a promise. I think, therefore, that this action is sustainable....

...Law gives, in other cases, against any parties to the Bill. — 5 Barn, and Aid. 21O. So the giving up a suit instituted to try a question respecting...consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum. — 5 Barn, and Aid. 1 17. — And see Com. Dig. Assumpsit, (F) 8. An Accommodation Acceptor, who defends...

...Howetts, was the sole consideration for the defendant's promise. In Longridge v. Dorvitte (a), the giving up a suit, instituted to try a question respecting which the law was doubtful, was held to be a good consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum:—there, a...

...present case is more analogous to Longridgc v. Dorville (c), where it was held that the giving up of a suit instituted to try a question respecting which...consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum. So here Hunter may have intended to contest his liability, at least as to the whole amount ; and that...

...performance of the agreement for settling the boundaries." So the giving up a suit or proceedings, instituted to try a question respecting which the...consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum ; and therefore where a ship, having on board a pilot required by law, ran foul of another vessel,...

...cases establish the important principle, that the abandoning a suit to try a question in respect of which the law is doubtful, is a good consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum. Mr. Manning, in reply. — The law upon this subject is a warrant of attorney subject to a he may be...

...That doctrine was first broken in upon in Longridge \. Dorville (c), where it TO held that the giving up a suit, instituted to try a question respecting...consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum. But that case is very distinguishable; for there a suit had been actually instituted for the purpose...

...distinct authority that the giving up a suit instituted to try a doubtful question of law or fact, is a good consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum. This money, therefore, having been paid voluntarily, with knowledge of the facts, on a contract for...

...That doctrine was first broken in upon in Longridge v. Dorville (c), where it was held that the giving up a suit, instituted to try a question respecting...good consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sura. But that case is very distinguishable; for there a suit had been actually instituted for the...

...consideration on which to found an assumpsit. In Longridge v. Dorville (a) it was held, that the giving up a suit instituted to try a question respecting...consideration for a promise to pay a stipulated sum. But there a suit was actually pending, and the plaintiff might have sustained some detriment by giving...