Barlow Brothers Co. v. Gaffney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action upon a bond substituted for a mechanic’s lien, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiff’s demurrer to the answer was overruled (Gfager, J.~) and judgment was subsequently rendered (Ralph Wheeler, J.') for the defendants, upon the admissions of the reply; from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
The bond in suit was made by John W. Gaffney and Company as principals and the other defendants as sureties, and was given for the release of a mechanic’s lien claimed by the plaintiff upon certain premises in Waterbury. The condition of the bond recited the facts upon which the lien was claimed, and ended with these words: “Now, therefore, if said John W. Gaffney & Company shall well and truly pay to the said Barlow Brothers Company all that money that may be justly and legally due it, with interest and costs, under said mechanic’s lien, this bond shall be void, otherwise good and valid.”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Alderman v. Hartford & New York Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Spaulding v. Thompson Ecclesiastical SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
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