Coombs v. Harford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for defendants. Action of debt on a bond given by the defendants to Elizabeth City Lodge, No. 114, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Maine, located in South Portland, Cumberland County. In the court below, by consent of the parties, the evidence was reported to the Law Court to render such judgment as the rights of the parties require. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Action of debt on bond. In December 1888, the defendant James H. Harford was elected one of the three trustees of Elizabeth City Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for one year. The by-laws of the lodge at that time provided that the trustees should be elected annually and should have charge of all the stocks,' securities, investments, properties and permanent funds of the lodge, and required that they should previous to entering upon the duties of their office give a joint or several bond to the lodge with three sureties to be approved by the lodge, for the faithful perform*428anee of…
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