Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Allen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against E. C. Allen and Otis D. Sawin, on a bond, dated November 19, 1872, executed to the plaintiff by Allen as principal and Sawin as surety, and containing the following condition : “The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden E. C. Allen, his heirs, executors or administrators shall well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, any and every indebtedness or liability now existing, or which may hereafter in any manner exist, or be incurred,…
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Contract against E. C. Allen and Otis D. Sawin, on a bond, dated November 19, 1872, executed to the plaintiff by Allen as principal and Sawin as surety, and containing the following condition : “The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden E. C. Allen, his heirs, executors or administrators shall well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, any and every indebtedness or liability now existing, or which may hereafter in any manner exist, or be incurred, on the part of the said E. C. Allen to the said the Singer Manufacturing Company, whether such indebtedness or…
1Opinion of the CourtLord, J.
The decisions in Parham Sewing Machine Co. v. Brook, and Same v. Delano, 113 Mass. 194, which have been strongly relied upon by each party in the present case, are founded np on bonds, the conditions of which differ essentially from those of the bond in the present suit. The bonds in those cases were upon condition that the principal obligor should pay for all machines purchased by him of the obligee, and for all notes, acceptances and other obligations whatsoever which the principal *470obligor should give to the obligee on account of machines purchased. The obligation was confined to such…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Parham Sewing Machine Co. v. BrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hallowell v. Blackstone National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Norfleet v. Pamlico Insurance & Banking Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- In re William Hill & SonsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1911