Ham v. Hill
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Cooper Circuit Court. The following is the entire bond sued upon: “ Know all men by these presents, that we, John H. Hill, as principal, and William B. Short and George Stucker, as securities, are held and firmly bound unto James R. Ham in the just and full sum of fifteen hundred dollars, for the just and full payment' whereof we bind ourselves5 our heirs, administrators and assigns firmly by these presents.
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Error to Cooper Circuit Court. The following is the entire bond sued upon: “ Know all men by these presents, that we, John H. Hill, as principal, and William B. Short and George Stucker, as securities, are held and firmly bound unto James R. Ham in the just and full sum of fifteen hundred dollars, for the just and full payment' whereof we bind ourselves5 our heirs, administrators and assigns firmly by these presents. Upon condition, however, that, whereas, said John H. Hill having purchased the interest of the said James R. Ham, in the firm of Ham & Hill, in the carriage business, in the city…
1Opinion of the CourtEwing, Judge
This was an action on a bond executed by the defendant Hill to the plaintiff — who had been copartners in the carriage business — containing the following condition: “ That whereas the said John H. Hill having purchased the interest of the said James R. Ham, in the firm of Ham & Hill, in the carriage business, in the city of Boonville, Missouri, and has agreed with the said Ham to assume all partnership liabili*278ties of the said firm incurred between the 1st day of April, 1858, and the 1st day of July, 1858, and to pay the same whenever payment is demanded legally by the creditors of said firm…
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