Supreme Judicial Court of Maine June 15, 1844 (Lombard v. Fiske)

lead-opinion

The opinion of the Court, Sheri-ey J. dissenting therefrom, was drawn up by

Whitman C. J.

This action is founded upon a written contract between the parties in which the defendants undertake “to clear him (the plaintiff) from all liabilities, tax or assessment, that have or may arise from said Lombard’s one share in the Scythe Factory.