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Mexican National Construction Co. v. Reusens — SCOTUS Brief (1885)

SCOTUS Brief on behalf of the Plaintiff in Error, U.S. Reports Vol. 118, p. 49 212 words

[Reusens SCOTUS Case (1885)] on behalf of the said Con- struction Company, offered another new undertak- ing, the performance of the condition of which was guaranteed by the Fidelity and Casualty Company, and oa copy of — whieh un- dertaking and guarantee is part of the moving papers as Schedule A ; that said Reusens then and there again objected to the Jast mentioned under- taking and guarantee thereof, on the ground that. there should be two sureties ; that such objection ~ wr ‘. , ES eet oa Pitt sbehg S say Ls A Sede ¥ os *s a & ies 3 was overruled on February 25, 1884; that thereupon the said Fidelity and Casualty Com- pany justified through its president, who being ex- amined on oath on the part of said Reusens pro- duced a statement of the assets and liabilities of said Fidelity Company, and testified that the same was In all respects true and correct, and that such testimony was reduced to writing ; that thereafter the Judge who presided at the term of said Court found the surety sufficient, and annexed the statement and examination to such undertaking, and endorsed his approval thereon, as follows ; ‘‘ I hereby approve the within undertaking and guar- antee thereof.