Griswold v. Hazard
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT' COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT' COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. The first of the above suits was brought by Griswold, a citizen of New York, against 'the appellees, citizens of Rhode Island, to obtain a decree cancelling, or (if relief of that character could not be granted) reforming a certain bond, for the sum of $53,735, executed by Thomas O. Durant, as principal, and Griswold and S. D. Bradford, as his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
*275These four oases are so closely connected in their facts, as w-ell as in the questions of law presented for determination, that it is convenient to dispose of them by one opinion.
Our attention will be directed first to case No. 50, in which a decree is sought to cancel, or in the alternative, to reform the bond of August 24, 1868, executed by Durant as principal, and by Griswold and Bradford as sureties, and to restrain the defendants from suing upon it in its present form. The granting or refusing of such a decree depends,, of course, upon the inquiry whether the plaintiff Griswold has, by…
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