Jaffe

— The defendant had final judgment upon a general demurrer to the complaint, and the plaintiff appeals. The complaint alleges in substance that the defendant’s intestate, one Solomon Lowenberg, being engaged to marry the plaintiff’s daughter, requested plaintiff to make suitable preparations for “ a betrothal reception ” and “ a wedding feast,” and to procure suitable wearing apparel for his daughter, and to purchase household goods “ for both parties,” for use in their married life, and “ then and there promised said plaintiff to repay him” whatever money he should expend for the purposes mentioned; that plaintiff “ paid, laid out, and expended, pursuant to said request of said Solomon Lowenberg, and at his special instance, and on his account and behalf, and relying upon his promise of repayment and reimbursement as aforesaid, the sum of two thousand dollars in suitable preparations of the character requested; that Lowenberg died before the marriage, and that the sums expended by plaintiff have not been repaid; *92 and that the claim of the plaintiff has been rejected by the administrator of the estate. We think that the complaint is good as against a general demurrer.

It is…