Chamberlain v. Blue

The complainant filed his bill for the specific-performance of a contract, by which the defendants covenanted to indemnify-him from the payment of certain debts specified and referred to in the contract. The bill states that Chamberlain, the complainant, and Blackford Blue, one of the defendants, had been partners in trade by the name and style of Chamberlain and Blue; that at the time of the dissolution of the partnership, they were indebted to certain persons trad*528ing together by the name and style of Ames and Holliday the sum of $426.76, which the defendants covenanted should be paid by the…