Edwards v. White
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of debt on a bond, given by Esther Dodd and John Russ, administrators of the estate of John Dodd, jun. deceased, and Joseph Pratt and Nathaniel Patten, their sureties, dated the 4th of April, 1809. The action was brought by Jonathan Edivards, Esq. judge of probate for the district of Hartford, and successor in office to John Chester, Esq., to whom the bond was payable, against Fortune C. White and Alfred S. Monson, administrators with the will annexed of…
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This was an action of debt on a bond, given by Esther Dodd and John Russ, administrators of the estate of John Dodd, jun. deceased, and Joseph Pratt and Nathaniel Patten, their sureties, dated the 4th of April, 1809. The action was brought by Jonathan Edivards, Esq. judge of probate for the district of Hartford, and successor in office to John Chester, Esq., to whom the bond was payable, against Fortune C. White and Alfred S. Monson, administrators with the will annexed of the estate of said Patten, he being the sole survi-vivor of the obligors ; and was commenced in March, 1835. The…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
This action is brought upon the penal part of a bond executed by Esther Dodd, John Russ, Joseph Pratt and Nathaniel Patten, to the judge of the court of probate for the district of Hartford ; and is against the defendants, as administrators with the will annexed, of the estate of Patten. The defendants, having prayed oyer of the bond, and recited it, with the condition annexed, have pleaded performance by the obligors. To this plea the plaintiff has replied, setting out various breaches, to which the defendants have pleaded several rejoinders ; and the pleadings have been closed, by a general…
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