Power v. Graydon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Qrawford county. This was an action of debt, commenced January 29th 1861, by William Graydon & Co. against William M. Barron, Alexander Power and S. J. Johnson, on an insolvent bond by Barron, with the other defendants as his sureties.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Qrawford county. This was an action of debt, commenced January 29th 1861, by William Graydon & Co. against William M. Barron, Alexander Power and S. J. Johnson, on an insolvent bond by Barron, with the other defendants as his sureties. The plaintiff had recovered judgment against Barron and another for $790.88. On the 6th of February 1860, a warrant of arrest under the Act of 1842 was issued against Barron, and on the hearing a warrant of commitment was issued from which he was discharged, he and the other defendants having entered into hond with this…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
A primary question in this case is whether the bond upon which the suit was brought is obligatory upon the obligors. It was given in pursuance of the provisions of the 11th section of the Non-Imprisonment Act of July 12th 1842. Barron, the principal, having been arrested by virtue of a warrant issued under the. 4th section, and being about to be committed, gave a bond, with the defendants below as his sureties, conditioned that he would apply for the benefit of the insolvent laws of the Commonwealth.
This bond, it is now contended, has no…
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