St. Paul Title & Trust Co. v. Sabin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: A. J. Vinje, Judge. This is an action against Sabin, as principal, and the United States Fidelity <& Guaranty Company, as surety, upon a certain bond given to the plaintiff to secure the performance of a certain railroad reorganization agreement. The answers of the defendants, in substance,- denied that there had been any breaches of the bond. The action was tried by a jury.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: A. J. Vinje, Judge. This is an action against Sabin, as principal, and the United States Fidelity <& Guaranty Company, as surety, upon a certain bond given to the plaintiff to secure the performance of a certain railroad reorganization agreement. The answers of the defendants, in substance,- denied that there had been any breaches of the bond. The action was tried by a jury. The evidence showed that in the year 1892 the Minnesota & Wisconsin Railway Company, a Wisconsin railroad corporation, entered on certain lands owned in…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The bond in suit was given by Sabm as principal and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company as surety to secure the reimbursement of the plaintiff for all necessary expenses and liabilities incurred by it in performing the conditions of paragraph 4 of the reorganization agreement which were to be performed by Sabin, and which he had not performed at the time the bond was given. The plaintiff contends that by the terms of said?paragraph 4 the defendant Sabin was required to procure releases of the claims of Kelson, Baldwin, McKay, and the Spring Yal-ley Land Company for lands taken for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kuhl v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Hooe v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Stolze v. Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- The Shepard Land Company v. BaniganSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1913