Moore v. Mann’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. ““We construe the bond to be one of indemnity only. Dittenhofer was the sole obligee. It did not intend to secure Moore or others who might do work included in it. It intended to indemnify Dittenhofer. It did not intend to give any one else the right to sue upon it. Under this construction there is nothing left for profitable discussion. The question of a consideration passing to the surety is immaterial. Nothing is to be gained by investigating the cases where one is permitted to sue on a promise made to another for his benefit. It was not intended that any one but Dittenhofer should be indemnified, or that any one other than he might sue.””

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