Fuller v. Hapgood
Supreme Court of Vermont
[ IN CHANCERY.] ' Bill in' Chancery. The case was heard upon bill, answer and testimony, at the April Term, 1866, when a pro forma decree was rendered dismissing the bill, and the orator appealed. The material facts in the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
It appears from the bill, answers and proof that on the 18th of July, 1860, one Polly was indebted to each of the defendants, severally, in sums in regard to the amount of which there is no controversy. The defendants were at the same time liable as sureties for the said Polly on several notes held by the Battenkill Bank. On some of these notes both the defendants were liable as sureties jointly, and on some each was separately liable, and on one the defendant Howard was liable as surety with one Aldrich, the plaintiff’s intestate. The…
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