Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 5, 1906 (East Bridgewater Savings Bank v. Bates)

Knowlton, C. J.

The promissory notes declared on were signed by the Hampshire and Worcester Street Railway Company as principal, and by the defendant and two other persons as sureties. In each of them the signers “ jointly and severally promised to pay ” the amount stated. The defendant, therefore, became liable individually and severally, as well as jointly, for the payment. Hunt v.