Legal Opinion
Maguire v. Smock
Indiana Superior Court
Decided July 1, 1871PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Rand, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBlaip, J.
This action is upon the following instrument, made by the defendants to the plaintiffs:
“Indianapolis, April 8,1870. #
“ We, the undersigned, guarantee unto Douglass Maguire and William J. Gillespie the sum of eight hundred dollars-on the assessment for improving Delaware street with the Nicholson pavement in front of their property on said street, provided they petition the City Council of Indianapolis for said improvement. Wm. C. Shook,
D. H. Wilks,
J. T. Wright.”
The plaintiffs aver in their complaint that in pursuance of the contract-, they did petition the City Council, and thereby became…
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