Scribner v. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity, heard on bill, answer and proof. The opinion states the case and material facts. cited: Angel! and Ames, Corp. § 234; White and Tudor’s Lead. Cas. in Eq. Part 1, p. 171; Gould v. Fuller, 18 Maine, 364; 1 Whart. Ev. § § 261, 262, 265; Ins. Co. v. Mosely, 8 Wall. 397; Small v. Gilman, 48 Maine, 506; Battles v. Batch elder, 39 Maine, 19; Wilson v. Sherlock, 36 Maine, 295; Pulsifer v. Crowell, 63 Maine, 22; 2 Whart.
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On report. Bill in equity, heard on bill, answer and proof. The opinion states the case and material facts. cited: Angel! and Ames, Corp. § 234; White and Tudor’s Lead. Cas. in Eq. Part 1, p. 171; Gould v. Fuller, 18 Maine, 364; 1 Whart. Ev. § § 261, 262, 265; Ins. Co. v. Mosely, 8 Wall. 397; Small v. Gilman, 48 Maine, 506; Battles v. Batch elder, 39 Maine, 19; Wilson v. Sherlock, 36 Maine, 295; Pulsifer v. Crowell, 63 Maine, 22; 2 Whart. Ev. § § 1164, 1165. Complainants have a plain, adequate and complete remedy at law against the insurance company for any interest they may have in this…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
The bill alleges, and it is either admitted in the answers, or the proof shows, that the complainants were co-sureties with Joseph Adams the testator of one of the respondants upon a bond given by George F. Adams the intestate of the other respondent, as principal, to the Gardiner National Bank, conditioned for the faithful performance of said principal’s duties as cashier of said bank, with the usual accompanying covenants; that said George F. Adams proved to be a defaulter, and the two complainants being called upon by the bank, October 6, 1879, after the death of their co-surety Joseph…
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