Elmendorf v. Lansing
New York Supreme Court
Debt on bond in the penalty of $54,832. The pleadings were conducted between the parties to a rebutter, to which the plaintiffs demurred generally, and the defendant, A. G. Lansing, joined in demurrer. For the purpose of the legal qUestions decided by the court, the pleadings and points are stated in their opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Woodworth, J.
This action was commenc-
ed on a bond, given by the defendant as one of the sureties of Sanders Lansing.
The question to he decided is, whether, on the facts disclosed by the pleadings, the defendant is liable.
On the 29th of July, 1812, a decretal order of the court of chancery was entered, in a cause wherein Gerrit Y. Lans^no an(l wife were complainants ; and the now plaintiffs *469and others, devisees and legatees of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, deceased, were defendants.
The order was made on the petition of the plaintiffs and Sanders Lansing, and others, some of the…
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