Dana v. Conant
Supreme Court of Vermont
These were all actions of assumpsit, the first upon the guaranty hereafter described; the second upon the indorsement by the defendant Conant, of a promissory note or bond, so called, of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad Company for one thousand dollars, dated July 1st, 1850, and payable to the defendant or order at Boston in four years from date, with interest payable semiannually ; and the third upon an indorsement by the defendants, D. "Warren & Co., of another bond of…
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These were all actions of assumpsit, the first upon the guaranty hereafter described; the second upon the indorsement by the defendant Conant, of a promissory note or bond, so called, of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad Company for one thousand dollars, dated July 1st, 1850, and payable to the defendant or order at Boston in four years from date, with interest payable semiannually ; and the third upon an indorsement by the defendants, D. "Warren & Co., of another bond of the same company for one thousand dollars, dated July 1st, 1849, and payable to them or order at Boston in five years…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, J.
These cases were referred, and the questions now before this court arise on the report returned by the referees to the county court, and on which judgment was then rendered for the defendants.
It appears from said report that for some thirteen years prior to *252October, 3851, the defendant Conant had acted as the guardian of the plaintiff, he being a minor, and as such guardian had received a large amount of property belonging to the plaintiff; that about the 1st of October, 1851, and on the plaintiff’s becoming of age, they met to settle the…
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