Turner v. Sisson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the treasurer of the city of Boston, upon a bond executed by the defendant Sisson as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, and conditioned for the faithful performance by Sisson of his duties as a constable of said city. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendants, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, the material parts of which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
An attachment or seizure on execution, by a constable, of the property of one person on a process against another, is a breach of the condition of his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the service of civil processes, for which he and his sureties are liable. Greenfield v. Wilson, 13 Gray, 384. In the case before us, the defendant Sisson, who was a constable of the city of Boston, seized and took the property of Joseph Batten upon an execution against Joseph Batten, Jr. This suit is brought on the official bond of Sisson, in the name of the treasurer of the city, for…
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