Board of Commissioners v. Hill

This suit was commenced by appellant, as plaintiff, against appellees, John F. Hill, Ewing H. Rowe and Rezin Johnson, as defendants, in the Ripley Circuit Court. Appellant’s complaint was in two paragraphs, each of which counted upon a certain writing obligatory, executed by appellees to the appellant, of which the following is a copy:

“ Know all men by these presents, that we, John F. Hill, Ewing H. Rowe and Rezin Johnson are held and firmly bound unto the board of commissioners of Ripley county, State of Indiana, in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars, for the payment of which, well and…