Dorsey v. McGee
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Gage county. Tried below before Broady, J. cited, contending that the sureties were released by variations in the plans : Miller v. Stewart, 9 "Wheat. [U. S.], 680; Polak v. Everett, L. R. 1 Q. B. D. [Eng.], 669; U. S. v. EEillegas, 3 Wash.
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Error to the district court for Gage county. Tried below before Broady, J. cited, contending that the sureties were released by variations in the plans : Miller v. Stewart, 9 "Wheat. [U. S.], 680; Polak v. Everett, L. R. 1 Q. B. D. [Eng.], 669; U. S. v. EEillegas, 3 Wash. C. C. [U. S.], 75; Taylor v. Johnson, 17 Ga. 521; Grant v. Smith, 46 N. Y., 93; Brigham v. Wentworth, 11 Cush. [Mass.], 123; St. Albans Banh v. Dillon, 30 Yt., 122; Zimmerman v. Judah, 13 Ind., 286; Judah v. Zimmerman, 22 Id., 388; Bacon v. Chesney, 1 Stark. [Eng.], 192; Dobbin v. Bradley, 17 Wend. [N. Y.], 425; Walrath v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, Ch. J.
This action was brought in the district court of ■ Gage county by the defendant in error against Sweet & Wilson, as principals, and the plaintiffs in error, as sureties, on a bond given for the faithful performance of a certain contract for the erection of a dwelling house and barn in the city of Beatrice, entered into between J. L. McGee and Sweet & Wilson, who were contractors and builders, at Beatrice, as follows:
“Know all men by these presents, that Messrs. Sweet & Wilson, of Beatrice, Nebraska, principals, and C. G. Dorsey and J. B. Weston, as sureties, are held and firmly…
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