Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1898

Harris v. Hayes

Harris v. Hayes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided May 20, 1898 · Holmes
171 Mass. 275; 50 N.E. 532; 1898 Mass. LEXIS 67

Harris v. Hayes

Opinion of the Court

Holmes, J.

The fact that the plaintiff had proved a claim in insolvency upon a judgment against a judgment debtor is not a bar to an action against a surety on a recognizance to appear for examination as a poor debtor, entered into by the same debtor when execution issued against him. Whether it would be ground for a continuance, or for a stay of execution until it could be ascertained what dividend the plaintiff would receive in the insolvency proceedings, is not before us. It may be that it would be proper to provide for the dividend being deducted from the defendant’s liability. See Demelman v. Hunt, 168 Mass. 102.

Exceptions overruled.

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