Legal Opinion

Leonard v. Speidel

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 15, 1870PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Contract, begun January 1,1869, against the sureties on a bond alleged to have been signed and sealed by them, together with the principals named therein, as follows: “ Know all men by these presents, That we, Carl Mattoni, Gottfried Reichardt and Leopold Babo, all of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts as principals, and Leopold Speidel and Isaac Samuels, both of said Boston, as sureties, are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto…

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Contract, begun January 1,1869, against the sureties on a bond alleged to have been signed and sealed by them, together with the principals named therein, as follows: “ Know all men by these presents, That we, Carl Mattoni, Gottfried Reichardt and Leopold Babo, all of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts as principals, and Leopold Speidel and Isaac Samuels, both of said Boston, as sureties, are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto Joseph Leonard, of said Boston, in the full and just sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid unto the said Joseph Leonard,…

1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.

The bond upon which this action is brought is joint and several, and is signed by the defendants as sureties for the original defendants in the first action. It was given to dissolve the attachment, under the Gen. Sts. c. 123, § 104, and was conditioned to secure the payment to the plaintiff of the amount *359of the judgment, if any, which he should recover in that case, within thirty days after final judgment.

1. The bond produced at the trial corresponds with the allegations in the declaration. By an obvious clerical error the blank in the condition was filled up with the name of the plaintiff,…

2Cited by23 opinions

  1. Mass. Building Finish Co. v. BrennerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  2. Feigenspan v. McDonnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Poole v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  4. Campbell v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  5. Thomas v. BensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928

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