Summers v. Foote
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the circuit court of Pike county; Hon. John Watts, judge. This suit was commenced on the 7th day of October, 1853, of Pike circuit court, in the name of “ Henry Stuart Foote, governor of the State of Mississippi, and successor in office of Joseph W. Matthews, late governor of said State,” to whom the bond sued on was made payable, against a certain Jonas S. Parker, principal, and the plaintiff in error as security.
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IN error from the circuit court of Pike county; Hon. John Watts, judge. This suit was commenced on the 7th day of October, 1853, of Pike circuit court, in the name of “ Henry Stuart Foote, governor of the State of Mississippi, and successor in office of Joseph W. Matthews, late governor of said State,” to whom the bond sued on was made payable, against a certain Jonas S. Parker, principal, and the plaintiff in error as security. The bond sued on is called a bridge bond, — the penalty, $3,000; and was executed by Parker, the undertaker, with the plaintiff in error as security. At the October…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This was an action in the circuit court of Pike county, founded upon a bond executed by one Jonas Parker, as principal, and the plaintiff in error as surety, payable to Joseph W. Matthews, as governor of the State, and to his successors in office.
Parker had undertaken, in virtue of a contract entered into with the board of police of Pike county, to construct and keep in repair a certain bridge for the period of five years. The object of the bond was, to bind the undertaker in a certain penalty, under certain conditions, and with security, to perform and carry out the terms of this contract.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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