Bessinger v. Dickerson
Supreme Court of Iowa
■Appeal■ from Jones District Court- This is an action brought upon the official bond of a justice of the peace, against J. J. Dickerson, the principal, and various other persons who were his sureties, in the original and additional bond. There was judgment for the plaintiff below, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
i. official imaceof the peace. The plaintiff’s claim is based upon a receipt given by the justice of the peace, in his official character, f°r a long list of notes left with him for collection. The only suggestion argued by appellant’s - . rt . _ counsel is, as to the liability ok sureties for notes thus left with a justice of the peace to be collected by him. We have determined, in the case of Latham v. Brown et al., 16 Iowa, 118, that the sureties in such case were liable, and a further examination of the question, has satisfied us of the correctness of that decision.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- County of Mahaska v. IngallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
- Latham v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
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