Mackay v. Bloodgood
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of debt. The declaration contained two counts. The first count stated a submission by the parties, by bond, to arbitrators$ and an award of 243 dollars and 68 cents, in favour of the plaintiffs, and a breach by reason of the non-payment of that sum by the defendants. The second count was for 56 dollars and 32 cents, on an insimul computassent. The cause was tried at the Albany circuit, in April, 1812, before Mr. Justice Spencer.
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THIS was an action of debt. The declaration contained two counts. The first count stated a submission by the parties, by bond, to arbitrators$ and an award of 243 dollars and 68 cents, in favour of the plaintiffs, and a breach by reason of the non-payment of that sum by the defendants. The second count was for 56 dollars and 32 cents, on an insimul computassent. The cause was tried at the Albany circuit, in April, 1812, before Mr. Justice Spencer. The plaintiffs produced the bond and award. The bond .was in the usual form, and was subscribed by one of the defendants, with the name of the…
1Per curiam
One seal was sufficient, in this case, for both the obligors. It has been always held that one piece of w,ax may serve for several grantors, and that another- person may seal for the obligor. (Perk. s. 134.) In Lord Lovelace’s Case, (Sir W. Jones, 268.) it was admitted by the king’s attorney, that “ If one of the officers of the forest put one seal to the rolls, by assent of all *287the verderers, regarders, and other officers, it is as good as ~f every ~ne had put his several seal; as in case divers men enter into obligation, and they all consent and set but one seal to it, it is a good…
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