Taylor v. Hughes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was an action of debt on a bond, given in á prosecution under the bastardy-act, conditioned that the principal defendant should appear at the next Court of Common Pleas, and from day to day during the term, and abide the order of Court in the prosecution against him, &c.
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This was an action of debt on a bond, given in á prosecution under the bastardy-act, conditioned that the principal defendant should appear at the next Court of Common Pleas, and from day to day during the term, and abide the order of Court in the prosecution against him, &c. The order was in the usual form, after a judgment of filiation, that the defendant should pay a certain sum for the past support of the child,and a fixed weekly rate for its future maintenance ; and that he should give security with sufficient sureties for the performance of the order, and the indemnity of the town. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered as follows by
Mellen C. J.
The single question in this case is, whether the condition of the bond declared on has been broken. To de - termine this question we must ascertain the meaning and extent of the condition. The statute of 1821, ch. 72, in the first section, provides that when a person is charged in the manner the section prescribes, he shall be held to give bond with sufficient sureties to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas, “ to an<;swer to such accusation and abide the order of Court thereon.” *434In another part of the section a further…
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- Merrill v. PrinceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
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