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BRADFORD ET AL. v. WILLIAMS

45 U.S. 576 (1846)

4 How. 576

EDWARD BRADFORD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT W. WILLIAMS, DEFENDANT, AND JOHN JUDGE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT W. WILLIAMS, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Westcott and Mr. Ingersoll, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thompson, for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

Whether the obligees of the bonds in question could have maintained an action at law against the defendant is a question we need not determine, though it is not easy to perceive the force of the objection urged against it, namely, that Craig, one of the co-obligors, is also an obligee. The bond is joint and several, and the suit...

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