Columbus Sewer Pipe Co. v. Ganser
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay. (Green, J.) Assumpsit. Defendants bring error. "Where the time for which a bond is to run is uncertain the courts construe it to be a reasonable time: Crémor v. ILigginson 1 Mas. 335 ; White v. Reed 15 Conn. 457; parol testimony is admissible to apply the instrument to the subject matter: Coleman v. Post 10 Mich. 422; Bennett v. Baidler 16 Mich. 150; Bowlter v. Johnson 17 Mich. 42; Kimiball v. Myers 21 Mich. 276; Ilyler v. Nolan 45 Mich. 357; Lee v. Wisner 38…
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Error to Bay. (Green, J.) Assumpsit. Defendants bring error. "Where the time for which a bond is to run is uncertain the courts construe it to be a reasonable time: Crémor v. ILigginson 1 Mas. 335 ; White v. Reed 15 Conn. 457; parol testimony is admissible to apply the instrument to the subject matter: Coleman v. Post 10 Mich. 422; Bennett v. Baidler 16 Mich. 150; Bowlter v. Johnson 17 Mich. 42; Kimiball v. Myers 21 Mich. 276; Ilyler v. Nolan 45 Mich. 357; Lee v. Wisner 38 Mich. 87 ; and contemplated circumstances may be shown: White Sevoing Macli. Co. v. Mullins 41 Mich. 341; notice to an…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This is an action, of assumpsit brought by plaintiff to recover an amount claimed to be due to the company upon a certain bond executed by defendants to the plaintiff, on the 24th day of May, 1882, in which defendants Brunner and Cusson were sureties, the bond being a mercantile guaranty to secure to the plaintiff the purchase price of 6ewer-pipe purchased by defendant Ganser, and which reads as follows:
“ Know all men by these presents, that we, August Ganser, Joseph Cusson and Charles Brunner, of Bay City, and Bay county, Michigan, are held and firmly bound unto’the Columbus Sewer-pipe…
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