Auto Owners Finance Co. v. Foley

This is an action of contract brought in the Second District Court of Eastern Middlesex upon a recognizance given under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 224, §19, upon an appeal from a finding of guilt and sentence under the provisions of said section.

*79The report does not set forth the answer of the defendants, although the docket entries show that answers were filed as to them all.

From the report and the briefs of the parties, however, it seems clear that the issues raised at the trial and now presented for our decision are:(1) Whether the recognizance itself was sufficient to impose any obligation upon…