Bissell v. . Saxton
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of .the Supreme ’.Court in the third judicial department in -favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order denying motion for .a new trial and directing judgment upon a verdict. This action was brought upon a bond given by defendants, Demando :P. Draper and Arthur J. Griggs, as railroad commissioners, and'signed'by them-as principals and by the other defendants as sureties.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of .the Supreme ’.Court in the third judicial department in -favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order denying motion for .a new trial and directing judgment upon a verdict. This action was brought upon a bond given by defendants, Demando :P. Draper and Arthur J. Griggs, as railroad commissioners, and'signed'by them-as principals and by the other defendants as sureties. The town of Westford, in the county Of -Otsego, priorto 1867, in pursuance of chapter sixty-four of the Laws of 1856, and the various acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto,…
1Opinion of the CourtEapallo, J.
This action was brought upon a bond given by the defendants, Draper and Griggs, as principals, and the remaining six defendants as sureties, for the faithful discharge by Draper and Griggs of their duties as railroad commissioners for the town of Westford, under an appointment to that office, for three years, from the 10th of May, 1870.
The bond recited the appointment of Draper and Griggs as commissioners for the town of Westford, to carry into effect an act authorizing the town to subscribe to the capital stock of the Albany and Susquehanna Eailroad Company, for three years, from May 10,…
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