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Burnett v. Small
73 Mass. 548
Mass.
1856
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Metcalf, J.

The court are of opinion that the rulings at the trial were right. It was a condition of the bond in suit, that Briggs, the principal obligor, if not legally discharged within ninety days from the day of his commitment, should surrender himself to the jailer, to be held in close confinement. This condition was not performed by him. He remained on the prison limits two days after the ninety days had expired, instead of surrendering himself to close confinement. For this breach of the condition, the Rev. Sts. c. 97, § 68, provide that in an action on the bond, execution shall issue for a sum not less than the sum due on the original judgment, with interest thereon, and with all the lawful costs and charges that shall have arisen after the issuing of the original execution.

The case of Moore v. Bond, 18 Maine, 142, cited for the defendants, decides merely that an obligee, in a bond like this, *550shall not take advantage of any indulgence which he has consented to give to his debtor. In the present case, the plaintiff gave indulgence to Briggs, as to the time of his examination and taking the poor debtor’s oath ; but he did not consent that Briggs might omit to surrender himself to the jailer at the exoiration of ninety days. Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Burnett v. Small
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 15, 1856
Citation: 73 Mass. 548
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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