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  • French and Burns, for the defendants. In order that the plaintiff may maintain his action against the defendants, who are not the original contracting debtor, he must show that the original claim against Lucier was utterly discharged and removed from any possible enforcement against him before this suit was brought as the consideration of the liability set up in this suit, and so discharged at the request of the defendants, made at the time of their assuming the obligation set up in this suit. Lang v. Henry, 54 N.H. 64; Bouv. Dict., "Novation;" Warren v. Batchelder, 15 N.H. 129; Heaton v. Angier, 7 N.H. 397; Butterfield v. Hartshorn, 7 N.H. 348; Head v. Richardson, 16 N.H. 454; Cuxon v. Chadley, 3 B. C. 591; Wharton v. Walker, 4 B. C. 163; 1 Pars. Con. 217; Met. Con. 208; Chitty Con. 1371, 1372, n. (b) 1373, n. (f) 1379; Pothier Con. 3, Art. 3, c. 2, s. 1; Gill v. Herrick, 111 Mass. 501. The evidence of discharge must be by words or acts passing between the creditor, original debtor, and present debtor, indicating unequivocally an intention on the part of the creditor immediately and thenceforward to abandon his demand, and an assent thereto on the part of the original debtor; it must be such evidence as would be sufficient to prove an accord and satisfaction of the old debt, and the evidence offered was insufficient. Throop Verbal Agreements, ss. 328, 339, 346, 352, 356; Chitty Con. 1,372, n. (c), 1,378, n. (o); Met. Con. 208; 2 Pars. Con. s.; Wharton Evid., s. 881; Wood v. Corcoran, 1 Allen 405; Grover v. Sims, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 498; French v. French, 2 Man. G. 644; Corbett v. Cochran, 3 Hill (S.C.) 41; Stone v. Symmes, 18 Pick. 467; Richardson v. Williams, 49 Me. 558; Ellison v. Wisehart, 29 Ind. 32; Waggoner v. Gray, 2 H. M. (Va.) 603; Draughan v. Bunting, 9 Ired. (N.C.) 10; Cuxon v. Chadley, 3 B. C. 591; Wharton v. Walker, 4 B. C. 163; Warren v. Batchelder, 15 N.H. 135; Ranlett v. Moore, 21 N.H. 336; Jaffrey v. Cornish, 10 N.H. 509; Woodward v. Miles, 24 N.H. 289; Gilman v. Noyes, 57 N.H. 627; Sternburg v. Callanan, 14 Iowa 261; Tobey v. Barber, 5 Johns. 72; Schemerhorn v. Loines, 7 Johns. 313; Johnson v. Weed, 9 Johns. 310; Thompson. v. Percival, 5 B. Ad. 925; Arnold v. Lyman, 17 Mass. 400; Manley v. Geagan, 105. Mass. 446; Ames v. Foster, 106 Mass. 400; Dow v. Clark, 7 Gray 198; Thomas v. Shillibeer, 1 Mees. W. 124; Moor v. Hill, 2 Peake 10; Maxwell v. Jameson, 2 B. Ald. 55; Short v. New Orleans, 4 La. An. 281; McKinney v. Alvis, 14 Ill. 33; Browning v. Stallard, 5 Taunt. 450. Bailey and Cutter, for the plaintiff.
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  • BINGHAM, J.
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  • French and Burns, for the defendants. In order that the plaintiff may maintain his action against the defendants, who are not the original contracting debtor, he must show that the original claim against Lucier was utterly discharged and removed from any possible enforcement against him before this suit was brought as the consideration of the liability set up in this suit, and so discharged at the request of the defendants, made at the time of their assuming the obligation set up in this suit. Lang v. Henry, 54 N.H. 64; Bouv. Dict., "Novation;" Warren v. Batchelder, 15 N.H. 129; Heaton v. Angier, 7 N.H. 397; Butterfield v. Hartshorn, 7 N.H. 348; Head v. Richardson, 16 N.H. 454; Cuxon v. Chadley, 3 B. C. 591; Wharton v. Walker, 4 B. C. 163; 1 Pars. Con. 217; Met. Con. 208; Chitty Con. 1371, 1372, n. (b) 1373, n. (f) 1379; Pothier Con. 3, Art. 3, c. 2, s. 1; Gill v. Herrick, 111 Mass. 501. The evidence of discharge must be by words or acts passing between the creditor, original debtor, and present debtor, indicating unequivocally an intention on the part of the creditor immediately and thenceforward to abandon his demand, and an assent thereto on the part of the original debtor; it must be such evidence as would be sufficient to prove an accord and satisfaction of the old debt, and the evidence offered was insufficient. Throop Verbal Agreements, ss. 328, 339, 346, 352, 356; Chitty Con. 1,372, n. (c), 1,378, n. (o); Met. Con. 208; 2 Pars. Con. s.; Wharton Evid., s. 881; Wood v. Corcoran, 1 Allen 405; Grover v. Sims, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 498; French v. French, 2 Man. G. 644; Corbett v. Cochran, 3 Hill (S.C.) 41; Stone v. Symmes, 18 Pick. 467; Richardson v. Williams, 49 Me. 558; Ellison v. Wisehart, 29 Ind. 32; Waggoner v. Gray, 2 H. M. (Va.) 603; Draughan v. Bunting, 9 Ired. (N.C.) 10; Cuxon v. Chadley, 3 B. C. 591; Wharton v. Walker, 4 B. C. 163; Warren v. Batchelder, 15 N.H. 135; Ranlett v. Moore, 21 N.H. 336; Jaffrey v. Cornish, 10 N.H. 509; Woodward v. Miles, 24 N.H. 289; Gilman v. Noyes, 57 N.H. 627; Sternburg v. Callanan, 14 Iowa 261; Tobey v. Barber, 5 Johns. 72; Schemerhorn v. Loines, 7 Johns. 313; Johnson v. Weed, 9 Johns. 310; Thompson. v. Percival, 5 B. Ad. 925; Arnold v. Lyman, 17 Mass. 400; Manley v. Geagan, 105. Mass. 446; Ames v. Foster, 106 Mass. 400; Dow v. Clark, 7 Gray 198; Thomas v. Shillibeer, 1 Mees. W. 124; Moor v. Hill, 2 Peake 10; Maxwell v. Jameson, 2 B. Ald. 55; Short v. New Orleans, 4 La. An. 281; McKinney v. Alvis, 14 Ill. 33; Browning v. Stallard, 5 Taunt. 450. Bailey and Cutter, for the plaintiff.
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  • BINGHAM, J.
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SNOW v. LUCIER CO.

The plaintiff's assent to an arrangement whereby the defendant, in consideration of property received from L., assumed the payment of L.'s indebtedness to the plaintiff, is evidence of the plaintiff's discharge of L. and acceptance of the defendant as debtor in his stead.

BINGHAM, J.

There was evidence on which the jury might find, in the understanding of the parties, such an extinguishment of debts and substitution of the defendants as debtors in the place of Lucier as would overcome the objection now made by the defendants.

Judgment on the verdict.

ALLEN, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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SNOW v. LUCIER
(Jun 1, 1880)