Connor v. Craig
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 12, 1916, by one of the two sureties on a bond to dissolve an attachment on which the other surety was the defendant McNally, and on which the defendant Craig had obtained a judgment against the defendant McNally but not against the plaintiff, in whose favor judgment was rendered on the ground that the plaintiff’s signature as surety on the bond had been obtained by fraud and misrepresentation on the part of the…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 12, 1916, by one of the two sureties on a bond to dissolve an attachment on which the other surety was the defendant McNally, and on which the defendant Craig had obtained a judgment against the defendant McNally but not against the plaintiff, in whose favor judgment was rendered on the ground that the plaintiff’s signature as surety on the bond had been obtained by fraud and misrepresentation on the part of the defendant Craig, praying that the defendant McNally might be restrained from paying any further sum upon the execution taken…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This suit in equity is brought against Craig as the obligee, and McNally, who asserts that the plaintiff is his co-surety on a bond given to dissolve an attachment. The bill avers that in an action brought on the bond by the obligee against the plaintiff and McNally, as sureties, a verdict was rendered in favor of the present plaintiff on the ground that he was induced to sign the bond by the fraud of the obligee and that McNally , was defaulted and judgment entered against him as surety; that damages have been assessed for the full amount of the debt due on the bond against McNally, who has…
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