Fisher v. Tifft

This is 9 suit against Horace Tifft, Milton W. Blackington and John E. Brewster upon a bond executed by them to the plaintiff on October 6, 1858. Prior to that date, the plaintiff and Tifft and Blackington were engaged in business as copartners under the name of H. Tifft & Co. On that day, the plaintiff sold his interest in the firm to Brewster, and the three defendants, who continued the business, executed the bond in suit, the condition of which is that the obligors shall pay all *314the debts of the late firm of H. Tifft & Co., and shall save the said Fisher harmless by reason thereof. In…