McCormick v. Boylan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover money paid by the plaintiff as surety on a bail bond given by him at the request and upon the oral promise of the defendant to reimburse him for any loss he might sustain by reason of becoming such, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the court, Wolfe, J., after a démurrer to the complaint had been overruled; judgment for plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The plaintiff became surety on a bond or recognizance conditioned for the appearance of Michael Boylan, to answer to a criminal charge, in the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New Haven county. Boylan failed to appear when his case was called, and the plaintiff was compelled to pay the State the amount of the bond. The plaintiff became surety on the bond at the request of the defendant and upon his promise, in consideration thereof, to pay the plaintiff any loss that he should sustain in consequence of giving the bond.
The foregoing are the substantial allegations of the complaint, which was…
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