Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Reynolds
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against Edward F. Reynolds and Andrew J. Leonard, upon a bond given for the faithful performance by the defendant Reynolds of his duties as an employee of the plaintiff corporation. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Bond, J., who found for the plaintiff; and the defendants alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in March, 1897, and after-wards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The bond was given by the defendants jointly and severally. The declaration is in one count against them both, and they appeared by the same counsel, who filed one answer for both. The finding is against them jointly for five hundred dollars as the penal sum of the bond, with an order for execution against both for a sum found due upon chancering the bond in accordance with Pub. Sts. c. 171, §§ 9,10.
The defendant Reynolds was employed by the plaintiff, and three written contracts concerning his employment were entered into between him and the plaintiff, one at the same time as the bond, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Toombs v. StoneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
- Choate v. ArringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Dennie v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Amicable Mutual Life Insurance v. SedgwickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Trustees of the Richardson School Fund in Attleborough v. DeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by9 opinions
- Maxwell v. Massachusetts Title InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. CasassaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Mapes v. FosterWyoming Supreme Court · 1928
- Brite v. Atascosa CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Knott v. PetersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.