Wisconsin Supreme Court September 27, 1881 (Clapp v. Webb)

Lyon, J.

Assuming that the defendant promised orally, in May, 1876, to pay the indebtedness of Harrington to the plaintiff, and assuming also that the plaintiff could have enforced a lien upon the logs mentioned in the complaint, to the amount of such debt, at any time before the first of June following, the question to be determined is, whether such oral promise is void by the statute of frauds.