Watts v. Stevenson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions OE contract, the first being upon a bond given to dissolve an attachment, and the second upon a poor debtor’s recognizance. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff in each case; and the defendants alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The first action is against the principal and the sureties on a bond given to dissolve an attachment of property, and the second is against the principal and the surety on a poor debtor’s recognizance. The principal and one of the sureties are the same in both the bond and the recognizance. The plaintiff originally brought an action against James Stevenson, the principal, and attached his property, and he gave a bond with sureties in the usual form to dissolve the attachment. The plaintiff, having recovered judgment against him, took out execution, and proceedings were had whereby the arrest…
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