Towns v. Hale
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Action of contract on a bond, given pursuant to Rev. Sts. c. 49, § 1, and conditioned that Hale should appear at the next court of common pleas, and answer to the complaint of Hannah J. Abbott, then sole, now the wife of George W. Towns,' accusing Hale of being the father of a bastard child of which she was pregnant, and should abide the order of said court thereon.
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Action of contract on a bond, given pursuant to Rev. Sts. c. 49, § 1, and conditioned that Hale should appear at the next court of common pleas, and answer to the complaint of Hannah J. Abbott, then sole, now the wife of George W. Towns,' accusing Hale of being the father of a bastard child of which she was pregnant, and should abide the order of said court thereon. The parties submitted the case to the decision of the court upon a statement of facts, in which it was agreed that Hale appeared at said court, and answered to the complaint, and upon a trial before a jury was found guilty, and…
1Opinion of the CourtDewey, J.
The question presented in this case is, whether the bond, originally given by one accused of being the father of a bastard child, upon the order of a justice of the peace requiring the party “ to give bond, with sufficient sureties, to appear and answer to the said complaint at the next court of common pleas, and to abide the order of the court thereon,” is discharged upon the personal appearance of the party at the several terms of the court holden while the action is pending, and at the final adjudication, when the party is adjudged to be the father of the child, and is ordered to stand…
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