State v. Chadwick
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion County. This action was brought by the state against Chadwick and bis bondsmen, to recover damages in the sum of $10,-000, because the said Chadwick did not comply with the conditions of his bond in negligently and unfaithfully discharging the duties of the office of secretary of state, from September 14, 1874, to September 9, 1878. The complaint alleges that at the regular June election of 1874 the appellant, S. F. Chadwick, was duly elected secretary of…
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Appeal from Marion County. This action was brought by the state against Chadwick and bis bondsmen, to recover damages in the sum of $10,-000, because the said Chadwick did not comply with the conditions of his bond in negligently and unfaithfully discharging the duties of the office of secretary of state, from September 14, 1874, to September 9, 1878. The complaint alleges that at the regular June election of 1874 the appellant, S. F. Chadwick, was duly elected secretary of state of said state of Oregon. That afterwards, to-wit: On the 1st day of July, A. D. 1874, said defendant. S. F.…
1Opinion of the Court
Waldo, J.:
This is an action brought for a breach of the official bond of the appellant Chadwick, as secretary of state, conditioned to be void should he “faithfully discharge the duties of his office as secretary of state and also as auditor.”
In Union Bank v. Clossey, 10 John., 271, it was held that a condition in the bond of the teller of a bank, faithfully to discharge the duties of his trust, applied to his honesty, but not to his competency. This case was cited as authority in United States Bank v. Brent, 2 Cr. C. C., 696; see, also, Alexandria v. Corse, 2 Cr. C. C., 263; United States…
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