Mercantile Trust Co. v. Hensey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ■The Mercantile Trust Company, by this-writ of error, seeks to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, affirming, a judgment against it of the Supreme Court of the District for the sum of $8,468. The action was brought upon a bond for fifty- thousand dollars, executed January 24, 1900, by the company as surety for one Jones, for 'the performance by him of a written contract entered into…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ■The Mercantile Trust Company, by this-writ of error, seeks to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, affirming, a judgment against it of the Supreme Court of the District for the sum of $8,468. The action was brought upon a bond for fifty- thousand dollars, executed January 24, 1900, by the company as surety for one Jones, for 'the performance by him of a written contract entered into on the--same date between him and the defendant in. error, who was thé plaintiff below, relative to the completion by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
After even more than the usual number of pleas, additional pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers, which are to be found in the pleadings in this District, the parties came to trial on the issues of fact, and the plaintiff recovered a verdict as stated. The judgment entered 'on the verdict was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. 27 App. D. C. 210.
The grounds submitted in this court for the reversal of the judgment are reduced to two, set forth in the brief for the plaintiff in error, as follows:
“First, that the testimony of all the plaintiff’s witnesses who testified in respect of…
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