Hassinger v. Ammon

Citations

• 160 Pa. 245
• 28 A. 679
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 800

Syllabus

<p>Suretyship — Bonds—Marriage insurance— Validity of charter.</p> <p>Plaintiff, Hassinger, agreed to pay dues, etc., on certain certificates of a beneficial association for unmarried persons. To secure himself he took from defendants a bond, the condition of which was that “ if the said Has-singer shall promptly pay all the monthly dues and annuals on the said certificates of marriage insurance until all of them shall have matured, and that the said the Equitable Beneficial Society shall fail to pay to the said Hassinger his benefits as they mature from time to time, then we the undersigned bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators and every of them to save and keep him, the said Hassinger, harmless from loss or damage by the said Equitable Beneficial Society failing to pay him' his benefits as they mature.” Held, that the obligees were sureties and not guarantors.</p> <p>In a suit upon such a bond the validity of the society’s charter, and the alleged illegality of the business that was transacted by it, could not be' determined.</p>