McCLURE NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. BROWN

No. 83-124.

499 A.2d 765 (1985)

McCLURE NEWSPAPERS, INC. d/b/a Burlington Free Press v. Paul E. BROWN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Hemley and Dennis R. Pearson, of Gravel, Shea & Wright, Ltd., Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Blum Associates, Inc., Burlington, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and HILL, UNDERWOOD and PECK, JJ., and DALEY, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


PECK, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Paul E. Brown from an order of the Chittenden Superior Court awarding plaintiff a judgment against the defendant on a surety bond. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant raises three issues for review by this Court: (1) plaintiff was estopped from asserting any liability against defendant as surety; (2) plaintiff discharged defendant as surety by altering the underlying agreement; and (3) plaintiff failed to bear its...

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