Raymond v. Lent
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit on two promissory notes, executed by the defendants to the plaintiff, both dated the 16th of March, 1816, one for 45 dollars and 89 cents, and the other for 29 dollars and 37 cents.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit on two promissory notes, executed by the defendants to the plaintiff, both dated the 16th of March, 1816, one for 45 dollars and 89 cents, and the other for 29 dollars and 37 cents. One Briggs, on the 1st Tuesday of April, 1815, was duly elected constable of the town of Cortlandt, in the county of Westchester, who, with the defendants, by a certain instrument in writing, jointly and severally, agreed to pay to each and every person, such sum of money as Briggs should become liable to pay for, or on account of, any executions which should be delivered to him for…
1Per curiam
This action is founded upon two promissory notes, drawn by the defendants, and made payable to the plaintiffs. The objection set up by the defendants, to exonerate themselves from payment, is, that the instrument by which they became security for Briggs, the constable, was not under seal. In ¡every other respect, the requisites of the act have been complied, with for the purpose of making the defendants responsible as security for the constable. Whether the defendants would have been liable, had they been prosecuted directly upon the instrument signed by them as security, is not the question…
2Cited by1 opinion
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