Monsarratt v. Trust Co.

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 541
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 79

Syllabus

<p>Pleading — Statement defective for ambiguity.</p> <p>Modern practice does not require the skill and technical nicety of the special pleader; but concession of latitude in matters of form does not make permissible contradiction and ambiguity in matters of substance.</p> <p>Principal and surety — Liability of surety.</p> <p>In a suit on a surety bond, given to plaintiff, his successors and assigns to recover for the use of certain locomotives, it is no defense to set up a sale of the locomotives by plaintiff as working a release of the surety.</p>