Warren v. Leonard
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action of debt on probate bond. Defendant pleaded general issue and brief statement. At close of testimony, questions of law having arisen, case was reported to Law Court. Judgment for plaintiff for the full amount of the bond with interest on that sum from the date of the writ, July 16, 1915, together with costs. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbrook, J.
Action against principal and surety upon a bond given by the principal as administrator, with will annexed, of the goods and estate not already administered, which were of Sarah B. Copeland, late of Bangor, deceased testate, and for the benefit of said estate. The case comes to us on report.
The defendant surety in its brief concedes that there has been a •technical breach of the bond, at least; that the actual plaintiff, Matthew Laughlin, who succeeds the principal defendant as administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. is entitled to recover in this action for such breach, for the benefit of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lawson v. PowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1861
3Cited by1 opinion
- Davis v. American Surety Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949