LAFONTAN v. ELTING

No. 379.

58 F.2d 180 (1932)

LAFONTAN v. ELTING, Collector.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 9, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. McArthur, of New York City, for appellants.

Guerra Everett, of Washington, D. C. (Phillip Burnett Thurston, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

If for the purposes of this appeal we should assume that the plaintiff could have sued the defendants who signed the bond directly upon that obligation and that this action may be treated as such a suit under section 193 of the New York Civil Practice Act, the only obligation which could be enforced is that which the obligors assumed. Since the defendant Elting has had judgment that has become final because...

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