Brown v. Boyd

This is a bill in equity which comes before us on demurrer. • The bill alleges that the plaintiff and defendant were partners, and dissolved partnership on July 27, 1891; that on. that day the plaintiff as principal, with one Sholes as surety, executed a bond to- the defendant in the sum of four thousand dollars, conditioned: for the faithful performance by the plaintiff of the contracts entered into by their late firm with all customers of the said firm, and, more particularly a contract made with one Freeman,; that, to procure Sholes to sign the bond as surety, the plaintiff-was obliged,…