Corporation of Washington Ex Rel. McCue v. Young

The defendant was the manager of a lottery, drawn in pursuance of an ordinance; of the Corporation of Washington, and gave his bond to the corporation in the penalty of 10,000 dollars, conditioned “ truly and impartially to. execute the duty and authority vested in him by the ordinance.”

The declaration was oh the penalty of the bond; after oyer of which, and of the condition, the defendant pleaded non damnificatus, upon which there, was issue, with leave to give the special matter in evidence on both sides.

A jury was impanelled, who found the special verdict stated in the preceding cáse of…