J. G. Pierce Co. v. Wallace

This case is before us upon appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Northern District dismissing a report from the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex and affirming a judgment for the defendant.

The report presented for determination the question whether a surety upon a recognizance taken in a poor debtor proceeding could set up his minority as a defence, and thereby defeat recovery, after a breach of the recognizance.

The plaintiff contends that there was error in the refusal by the trial judge to give certain requests of the plaintiff and in the giving of others presented…