Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. Higgins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. An undisclosed principal can not enforce a guaranty running to the ¡agent alone. 2 Meohem on Agency, (2 ed.), § § 2059, 2069; 1 Brandt on Suretyship & Guaranty, (3 ed.), § 133; 20 Cyc. 1399, and notes 16 and 17; Id. 1429, and notes; 22 Ark. 543; 123 Mass. 28; 2 Brandt, Suretyship & Guaranty, (3 ed), §-748; 32 Cyc. 123, par. 3; 5 Yerg. (Tenn.) 193; 45 Mo.
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Appeal from Phillips Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. An undisclosed principal can not enforce a guaranty running to the ¡agent alone. 2 Meohem on Agency, (2 ed.), § § 2059, 2069; 1 Brandt on Suretyship & Guaranty, (3 ed.), § 133; 20 Cyc. 1399, and notes 16 and 17; Id. 1429, and notes; 22 Ark. 543; 123 Mass. 28; 2 Brandt, Suretyship & Guaranty, (3 ed), §-748; 32 Cyc. 123, par. 3; 5 Yerg. (Tenn.) 193; 45 Mo. App. 273; 29 L. R. A. (N. S.) 473; 12 Q. B. 310; 157 Mass. 221; 13 R. I. 117; 90 Id. 396, 408; 61 N. Y. 39, 42; 44 So. 642, 13 L. R. A. (N. S.) 157; 97 Mass. 303; 93 Am.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Koehler & Newhouse, a firm of builders, entered into a written contract with J. Gr. Higgins, one of the plaintiffs, to construct a house for the latter in the city of Helena, and defendant, Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company, at the instance of said contractors, undertook by written contract or bond, to “indemnify and save harmless the said obligee from any pecuniary loss resulting from the breach of any of the terms, covenants, and conditions of the said contract on the part of the said principal to be performed. ’ ’ The contract of the defendant was executed at the instance of…
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