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· 3/15/1853

Hastings v. Clendaniel

Citations

  • 2 Del. Ch. 165

Syllabus

<p>A bond executed in blank by H. and sureties, to enable him to raise $300 by loan from B. was filled up and delivered, without their knowledge, to 0. & N. for $354 48, in payment of a debt Meld, fraudulent and void as to the sureties.</p> <p>A bond executed in blank, for a specific purpose, cannot be otherwise filled up, without authority of the obligors.</p> <p>Such authority must be proved affirmatively, to sustain the bond.</p>

Judges: Johns

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