Springsteen v. Samson

The only question in this case, in my opinion, is: Whether the judge on the trial gave the true construction to the condition of the bond given by Simon Springsteen to the defendants. If, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the true interpretation of that condition was given, the judgment should be affirmed, otherwise it should be reversed.

In the terms used in that condition, it cannot be literally construed. They require the aid of the acts done, and other acts the doing of which are contemplated,.and this condition of the bond, and the due and proper interpretation of its meaning,…