People ex rel. Holmes v. Grant
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Carpenter, J. Assumpsit by the people of the State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of Frank B. Holmes' and Albert R. Strachan, against James Grant and others, upon a statutory bond. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This suit was brought to enforce the liability of the defendant James Grant as principal, and the other *614defendants as sureties, on a bond taken by the city of Detroit under 3 How. Stat. § 8411a. The declaration alleges that defendant James Grant entered into a- contract with the city of Detroit for paving, and that the bond was taken to secure the payment by the contractor for labor and material furnished in such work. The bond was in the penal sum of $1,664, and is conditioned that if the principal “shall well and truly pay, as the same may become due and payable, all indebtedness which may…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rayl v. Estate of HammondMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
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