Hardesty v. Price
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Bent County. The appellee recovered a verdict in the court below for $649.72. Motions for a new trial and in arrest were interposed and overruled, and judgment rendered upon the verdict. The essential facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, J.
This was an action of covenant brought by the appellee upon the following bond, which presents the facts necessary for our decision.
‘ ‘ Know all men by these presents that Richard J. Hardesty as principal, and Daniel R. Smith and Jacob Gross as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto M. B. Price, treasurer of Bent county, Colorado, in the penal sum of fifteen hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum we do hereby jointly and. severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seals, this,…
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