Drummond v. McGarry
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Manhattan, fourth district, • in favor of the plaintiff, entered after a trial by the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The plaintiff, as commissioner of charities, brought this action to recover on a bond in the sum of $260, given by one Mitchell as principal and the appellant McGarry as surety, for the faithful performance of an order, made by a magistrate, requiring Mitchell to pay to the commissioner of public charities $5 weekly and every “week for and toward the support of his wife and child, for the period of one year. Mitchell had paid during the year $15, and judgment was recovered in this action for $245 and costs. Thee appellant contends that this is a bond to in*342demnify the public authorities for…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Goetting v. . NormoyleNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Hebberd v. LevinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911