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-TrLera oan k 00 liabillttp oa the part of tha &ufa;tlt 01p sUmties ar GUI oiiio8x’a borrd ditbout the part of the pinoipie in regrird to thm duticre whiah thsy hats otmtsaotsd the% hr &mil dieabarge. To rendu thwt Liable, the sot owlainrd of mtat be a viol&ion of the oonbitloua (li tM bond. Their liabllitp is 8triatisslm.y juria; it oan net be e.xtenaod by lnplioatloa or ooxutruotion beyoad the terms of fhrlx oaatmotrc; an6 thmy muot be &van the benefit of ray doubt as To the plloonfno of the t*mRs 0r the bond . . .*

Iionorabl% B. Y. iChitsacre, Maroh 20, 1940, Page 3

AFPROVEDMAR 23, 1940

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