United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing Companies v. Conard
United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing Companies v. Conard
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This action, which is now under review on a second writ of error, is founded upon a bond given to the plaintiff by defendants in the penal sum of $6,000 conditioned that if the indebtedness already incurred by the principal obligor, the Standard Rubber Company, he fully paid, and all future claims arising from a further extension of credit by the plaintiff to the principal obligor be paid, then the bond to be void. The trial court following, as it supposed, the previous decision in this case, directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and defendants seek a review of that order.
The questions requiring consideration are all contained in the second assignment of error which is based upon the refusal of the trial court to submit to the jury the question whether, under the evidence, the consideration for the execution of the bond was the promise of the plaintiff to extend further credit to, and fill the orders of, the Standard Rubber Company, and also whether, if there was such a consideration, there had been an entire failure of consideration.
The precise question was fully discussed in the opinion read for this court by the Chancellor reported under the present title in 51 Vroom 286, but the plaintiffs in error insist iliai so much of the opinion as declares that the plaintiff’s promise, if there was such a promise, to extend further credit was an independent undertaking, the non-performance of which does not constitute a bar to an action on the bond, was obiter, and thereupon argues the question as if it had not been involved in, or essential to, the determination of the earlier case.
That the part of the opinion questioned on this argument was not obiter dictum an examination of that record clearly
The judgment below is affirmed.
For affirmance—Garris or, Swayze, Parker, Berger, Yoori-iees, Ivalisoii, Bogert, Yrederburgi-i, Yhoom, Corgdor, White, JJ. 11.
For reversal—None.
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