Frankfort Bank v. Johnson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Debt on the bond of Johnson, as principal, and of the other defendants, as his sureties, to the Frankfort Bank, dated Oct, 9, 1839. The case came before the Court on exceptions in behalf of the bank, to the rulings and instructions of Tenney J. presiding at the trial, and on a motion to set aside the verdict, as against evidence, and against the weight of evidence.
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Debt on the bond of Johnson, as principal, and of the other defendants, as his sureties, to the Frankfort Bank, dated Oct, 9, 1839. The case came before the Court on exceptions in behalf of the bank, to the rulings and instructions of Tenney J. presiding at the trial, and on a motion to set aside the verdict, as against evidence, and against the weight of evidence. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court, as do also the rulings and instructions of the Judge, to which exceptions were taken. The case was concisely argued orally by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, Whitman C. J. holding the Court for jury trials in the County of Washington, at the time of the argument, and taking no part in tho decision, was drawn up by
Shepley J.
This is a suit against Johnson, as principal, and others, as his sureties, on his official bond, as cashier of tho Frankfort Bank, made on October 9,1839. Two breaches are alleged. The first, that the cashier “ had received the sum of $8000, of money belonging to the bank, and given no credit for the same, nor in any way accounted for it in the books of tho bank.” The second, that “ he had improperly…
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