Chase v. Breed
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Action of contract on a bond. Trial in the court of common pleas before Briggs, J., who signed a bill of exceptions tendered by the defendant, so much of which as is material to the point decided by the court is stated in the opinion of
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
This is an action upon a bond, alleged to *441have been given by Josiah Clark of Boston, jointly and severally with the defendant, in August 1837. The bond recited that Henry A. Breed had made certain notes, which were indorsed by the plaintiffs for his accommodation, and held by the Nahant Bank ; and was conditioned to indemnify the plaintiffs against such indorsements, in case the Nahant Bank did not hold sufficient collateral security to discharge the notes. This suit was commenced in October 1853. Clark, one of the obligors, died in 1844.
The delivery of the bond being denied, it became…
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