United States v. Thomson

EDELSTEIN, District Judge.

Defendants move for summary judgment in an action against them as executors of the estate of their testator for an obligation on a surety bond claimed to have been incurred by the decedent. The surety bond was executed in connection with a lease by the United States, pursuant to statutory authority, of space within the Army Supply Base at Boston. In 1931 the United States commenced an action against the lessee, as principal obligor, and a co-surety with the testator under the bond, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The testator,…