Almon H. Fogg Co. v. Bartlett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action of debt on a six months’ bond given by the defendant Bartlett as principal and the other defendants as sureties, in accordance with the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 114, section 49. The bond was dated February 12, 1908. February 29, 1908, the defendant Bartlett was duly adjudged a bankrupt and April 24, 1908, he was duly discharged in bankruptcy.
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On report. Action of debt on a six months’ bond given by the defendant Bartlett as principal and the other defendants as sureties, in accordance with the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 114, section 49. The bond was dated February 12, 1908. February 29, 1908, the defendant Bartlett was duly adjudged a bankrupt and April 24, 1908, he was duly discharged in bankruptcy. The suit on the bond was commenced August 22, 1908’. The only defense claimed by any of the defendants was the bankruptcy and discharge in bankruptcy of the defendant Bartlett. When the matter came on for hearing, an…
1Opinion of the CourtPeabody, J.
This was an action of debt against the sureties on a statutory bond given in accordance with R. S., chapter 114, section 49, for the release of the principal from arrest on execution.
The case is before the Law Court on an agreed statement of facts and the stipulations of the parties.
The defendant, Arthur W. Bartlett, having been arrested on an execution in favor of the plaintiff, was released on giving the bond in suit dated February 12, 1908, signed by himself as principal and the other defendants as sureties. The principal was adjudged a bankrupt by the District Court of the United States…
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