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Stern v. Sawyer

Citations

  • 78 Vt. 5
  • 61 A. 36
  • 1905 Vt. LEXIS 74

How courts have described this case

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  • “Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended by implication beyond the terms of his contract.” (citation and quotation omitted)
  • “[The guarantor] has a right to stand upon the very terms of his contract, and if he does not assent to any variation of it, and a variation is made, it is fatal.” (citation and quotation omitted)

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Judges: Haselton, Munson, Powers, Rowell, Start, Tyler, Tyrer, Watson

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