Bay v. Tallmadge
New York Court of Chancery
THE original bill, filed 10th of June, 1799, by John Bay and Abraham Bachman, stated, that on the 24th of September, 1795, the defendant, pretending to have title to lands in Pennsylvania, under the Connecticut claim, sold the same to Henry Plainer, and took his bond, for the consideration money, being 1100 pounds.
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THE original bill, filed 10th of June, 1799, by John Bay and Abraham Bachman, stated, that on the 24th of September, 1795, the defendant, pretending to have title to lands in Pennsylvania, under the Connecticut claim, sold the same to Henry Plainer, and took his bond, for the consideration money, being 1100 pounds. That Bay and Bachman became bail to the arrest, in April, 1796, for Henry Plainer, in an action of debt brought by the defendant, J. T., against him, in the Supreme Court, on the bond of P. That on the 17th of October, 1796, B, and B. were arrested on the bail bond, and they,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
Bay and Bachman, whom the present plaintiffs represent, were bail to the arrest in a suit at law, commenced by the present defendant against Henry Plainer. Special bail not being put in, the bail bond was assigned, and the bail to the arrest were sued and prosecuted regularly to judgment and execution. A fi. fa. for the amount of the debt, interest, and costs due from P., the original defendant, was issued and levied upon their property. An agreement, in writing, was then entered into, bearing date the 28th of April, 1797, between the present defendant, by his attorney to the…
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