Hardwick Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Drenan
Supreme Court of Vermont
Debt on Bond. General issue and notice. Trial by jury,' at the June term, 1897, Caledonia county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Debt on Bond. General issue and notice. Trial by jury,' at the June term, 1897, Caledonia county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The paragraph in the bill of exceptions relating to the interview between McLoud and the defendant is as follows: Said McLoud was a witness for the plaintiff and was allowed to testify against the defendant’s objection and exception that upon an occasion in the summer following the failure of Beede and Dow, when the witness and the defendant were discussing an arrangement with reference to the giving of certain…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that in August, 1894, George A. Beede and George A. Dow formed a partnership for the purpose of carrying on a mercantile business in East Hardwick; that they purchased a store find arranged with the Merchants National Bank of St. Johnsbury to loan them money and to take their bond as security; that the bond was prepared, in which their names appeared as principals, a blank space being left for *291the names of the sureties; that the bond was signed and sealed by Beede and Dow as principals, and by the defendant as surety; that the words, “one life insurance…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Foot & Hodges v. Rutland & Whitehall RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
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