Standard Rubber Co. v. Carberry

These are petitions in equity brought in the Probate Court under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 205, § 7A, to en*505force the obligations of the respondent Carberry as principal and of the respondent Great American Indemnity Company as surety on the bond of said Carberry as administratrix of the estate of William F. Carberry, deceased. Formerly such obligations could have been enforced only by action at law upon the bond, and this proceeding is governed by the principles which would apply to such an action. Hemenway v. Harrigan, 287 Mass. 149, 152.

Before they filed their petitions the petitioners had…