Thomas v. Goodwin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The only question in this action arose upon the answers of Ruggles Whiting, one of the supposed trustees, to the usual interrogatories. The facts disclosed by him are succinctly stated in the introduction to the opinion of the Court upon the question as delivered by
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The substance of the voluminous disclosure made by Whiting, the supposed trustee in this case, is, that, on the third day of June, 1811, the firm of Goodwin & Whiting, then rep resented by the defendant, Whiting, his partner, being dead, was indebted to him in about $ 2000 for money lent, and that he was liable for that company, as surety on bonds to the United States, and as indorser of their negotiable securities, to the amount of $ 7000 more ; that, being desirous to obtain security, he pressed Goodwin for it, who refused to secure him, unless he would purchase his stock of merchandise on…
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