McLain v. People ex rel. Moore

This was debt, in the Coles circuit court, on the bond executed by appellant on being appointed master in chancery of that county, and his sureties, and such proceedings were had that a judgment was rendered against the defendants, and they appeal.

There were various pleas and demurrers, and in appellants’ brief various points are made, all of which we have not deemed it necessary to notice, some of them being technical, and both parties desiring a decision upon the merits. Accordingly we have directed our attention to the leading question, and that is, the liability of these sureties on the…