McIntyre v. . Merritt

The action was brought upon the official bond of the defendant Merritt, as Clerk and Master for Chatham County. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that at Spring Term, 1866, of the Court (559) of Equity for Chatham County, he obtained a decree against one G. B. Guthrie for $417, with interest from September, 1862. That defendant was then, and continued to be till the office was abolished, Clerk and Master in and for said county, and the other defendants are the sureties on his bond. That the defendant was requested to issue an execution against the said Guthrie for the enforcement of said…