French v. Parish
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Debt, upon a bond dated on the 19th day of February, A. D. 1824. The action was referred to William C. Clark, Esq., as a commissioner to assess the damages between the parties, and report to the court thereon, from whose report the following facts appeared, and thereupon the action was transferred to this court.
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Debt, upon a bond dated on the 19th day of February, A. D. 1824. The action was referred to William C. Clark, Esq., as a commissioner to assess the damages between the parties, and report to the court thereon, from whose report the following facts appeared, and thereupon the action was transferred to this court. On the 13th day of October, A. D. 1820, the plaintiffs executed a bond to the judge of probate for this county, with one Asa Hanson, one of the defendants, and as his sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance by him of his trust as executor of the will of Daniel Lovell,…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, J.
The covenants by the defendants in the indemnifying bond are very general, and embrace all losses which the plaintiffs could sustain by reason of their having become sureties in the bond to the judge of probate. Oases similar in principle to the present have often arisen, and the decisions are so numerous and comprehensive, that the questions before us can be determined without difficulty.
*499The commissioner has presented, to us, in his report, certain questions relating to notice, and the amount which the plaintiff may recover is made to depend on the necessity of a notice, and on the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Loomis v. BedelSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1840
3Cited by2 opinions
- Morse v. FordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- Robinson v. HillSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1844