Legal Opinion

Rodman v. Forman

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1811PublishedCited by 7 opinions

THIS was an action of debt on a recognisance of bail, brought against the defendant, as administrator of Stephen Forman, deceased. The cause was tried at the Greene circuit, the 6th December, 1809, before Mr. Justice Van Ness. The venue was laid in Greene county, and the declaration stated that the intestate, in his life-time, came into the supreme court, &c. at New-York, &c. “ by the same of Stephen Forman, of Kortright, in said county, farmer, and became bail,” &c.

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THIS was an action of debt on a recognisance of bail, brought against the defendant, as administrator of Stephen Forman, deceased. The cause was tried at the Greene circuit, the 6th December, 1809, before Mr. Justice Van Ness. The venue was laid in Greene county, and the declaration stated that the intestate, in his life-time, came into the supreme court, &c. at New-York, &c. “ by the same of Stephen Forman, of Kortright, in said county, farmer, and became bail,” &c. At the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence the original bail-piece and record of the recognisance. The bail-piece was…

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There is no material variance between, the declaration and the exemplification of the bail-piece, *28and recognisance of bail offered in evidence. The de- . claration states that the intestate came into the supreme court, by the name of S. Forman, of Kortright, in said county, farmer, and became special bail, &c. The bail-piece produced states that the intestate became bail by the name and description of S. Forman, of the town of Kortright, in said county, farmerand the record of the recognisance of bail states that the intestate S. Forman, of the town of Kortright, and county of Delaware,…

2Cited by7 opinions

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