Smith v. McCluskey’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The probate judge testified that he informed Harry H. Hartshorn, one of the sureties on the first bond, that ‘automatically we considered the discharge of the bond as soon as the new bond was filed.’ It is urged that he was in error in doing so; that the statutory requirement as to notice had not been complied with. 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 15880 (Stat. Ann. § 27.3059); Rice v. Wilson, 129 Mich. 520 . While the action was against McCluskey and the sureties on both bonds, the judgment was entered against the Fidelity & Deposit Company alone. The plaintiff not having assigned error, the question of concurrent liability is not before us for consideration. “The judgment is affirmed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Hartshorn