What is the test for drawing a bond in marriage?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Starrs v. Cosgrave Brewing and Malting Co. of Toronto, 1885 CanLII 21 (ON CA):
In Strange v. Lee, 3 East. 484-91, it is said: “A bond may be drawn * * for the obligor to be answerable not only to the present but to all future partners in the house.”
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