Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1857

Colwell v. Richards

Colwell v. Richards
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1857 · Shaw
75 Mass. 374

Colwell v. Richards

Opinion of the Court

Shaw, C. J.

This receipt was an obligation to indemnify the officer, as well as to keep the property. The officer by a demand within thirty days was made liable for the amount of the property, and to that extent was damnified, and the defendant, having delivered the property to the debtor, and thereby dissolved the attachment, is liable. Webster v. Coffin, 14 Mass 196. Lawrence v. Rice, 12 Met. 536.

Judgment for the plaintiff.

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