Putnam v. Boyer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Motion to dismiss an appeal from the First District Court of Southern Worcester, on the ground that the bond filed by the appellant, who appeared as claimant in the action, which was a trustee process, was defective and insufficient.
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Motion to dismiss an appeal from the First District Court of Southern Worcester, on the ground that the bond filed by the appellant, who appeared as claimant in the action, which was a trustee process, was defective and insufficient. The bond, which was executed by the parties named therein as principal and surety, and witnessed, was as follows: “ Know all men by these presents, that we, Charles Martell of Southbridge in the county of Worcester as principal, and A. J. Bartholomew of said Southbridge as surety, are holden and stand firmly bound unto J. D. Putnam of Webster in said county in…
1Opinion of the CourtDevests, J.
It was the duty of the appellant, if he desired effectively to prosecute his appeal from the district court, to file, within twenty-four hours after the entry of judgment, a bond to the adverse party, with sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by the adverse party or the justice, in a reasonable sum, fixed by the justice or approved by the adverse party, with condition to enter and prosecute his appeal with effect, and to satisfy, within thirty days from the entry thereof, any judgment which might be entered against him in the Superior Court, upon said appeal, for costs. Pub. Sts. e.…
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