Bigelow v. Bridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Debt on bond. The parties agreed to submit the case to the determination of the Court upon the following facts, viz.: “ The said Ebenezer Bridge, being elected treasurer of the county of Middlesex in May, 1790, executed the bond declared on, which has the following condition underwritten, viz.: “ The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden Ebenezer Bridge is chosen treasurer of the said county of Middlesex, and hath taken upon him that trust,…
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Debt on bond. The parties agreed to submit the case to the determination of the Court upon the following facts, viz.: “ The said Ebenezer Bridge, being elected treasurer of the county of Middlesex in May, 1790, executed the bond declared on, which has the following condition underwritten, viz.: “ The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden Ebenezer Bridge is chosen treasurer of the said county of Middlesex, and hath taken upon him that trust, —Now, therefore, if the said Ebenezer Bridge shall faithfully discharge the duties of the office of treasurer of said…
1Opinion of the Court
* By the Court.
The bond in this case appears to have been given to the plaintiff, as clerk of the peace for this county, pursuant to the provisions of the statute of 1785, c. 76, § 1. But the choice of county treasurer being by that statute annual, it is apparent that the bond required by it was intended for the protection of the public, so long only as the person chosen should continue in office in virtue of such election. A new bond should regularly have been taken for each several year, for which the defendant» was elected. If this bond were valid against the defendant to cover the deficit…
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