Boylston Bottling Co. v. O'Neill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon the bond printed below, against the defendant O’Neill as principal and the defendant Noonan as surety, alleging that the defendant O’Neill was employed'by the plaintiff as a driver and collector and that he committed a breach of the bond by failing to account for certain packages of’ property of the plaintiff received by him.
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Contract upon the bond printed below, against the defendant O’Neill as principal and the defendant Noonan as surety, alleging that the defendant O’Neill was employed'by the plaintiff as a driver and collector and that he committed a breach of the bond by failing to account for certain packages of’ property of the plaintiff received by him. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated June 15, 1917. The bond was as follows: 7 "Know all men by these presents that we Patrick William O’Neill of Boston in the county of Suffolk as principal and Sarah N. Noonan as surety stand firmly and…
1Opinion of the CourtLoeing, J.
This is an action for breach of a bond. The condition of the bond is that “said Patrick William O’Neill, who is about to be employed by said Boylston Bottling Company, shall render a faithful account of all merchandise delivered to him aid money collected by him and shall return all packages received by him from the company or account to the company for the value of any not so returned.” The breach alleged is that O’Neill “ received from the plaintiff ten hundred and sixty-four dozen bottles of the value of thirty cents a dozen and three hundred and sixty-one cases of the value of forty cents…
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