Cole v. Bodfish
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Exceptions from the District Court for ■ the Middle District, Redington J. presiding.- The action was debt, commenced February 24, 1836. To support the action, the plaintiff offered in evidence a bond from the defendant to'one Jabez Sawyer, dated June 27, 1835, in' the penal sum of $2000, conditioned to be void on the conveyance of a tract' of land- described in the bond, if Sawyer should within thirty days pay Bodfish, $ 1225. ' On the back of this bond were written: —…
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Exceptions from the District Court for ■ the Middle District, Redington J. presiding.- The action was debt, commenced February 24, 1836. To support the action, the plaintiff offered in evidence a bond from the defendant to'one Jabez Sawyer, dated June 27, 1835, in' the penal sum of $2000, conditioned to be void on the conveyance of a tract' of land- described in the bond, if Sawyer should within thirty days pay Bodfish, $ 1225. ' On the back of this bond were written: — “Fora valuable consideration paid to" me in hand, I hereby transfer all my right, title and interest to the within bond to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Weston C. J.
The defendant executed a bond to Jabez Sawyer, upon certain conditions set forth therein. It was an instrument not negotiable in its character, so as to enable an assignee to bring an action in his own name. It had a penalty, and was subject to- chancery. Assuming that the obligor did, subsequent to *312the date of. the bond, and after'the beneficial interest had been assigned to the plaintiff, by.an indorsement th'ereon, under his hand and seal, obligate himself to the plaintiff by name, to’ extend the time limited in the condition of the bond,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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