Rochereau v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DeBlanc, J.

One of the defendants, William McC. Jones, was, in 1869, a notary public of the parish of Orleans. As such he gave two bonds, one on the twenty-eighth of July, 1869, the other on the fifteenth of August, 1870. The condition of each of said bonds is “that said Jones shall well and faithfully discharge, and perform all the duties incumbent upon him as •a notary public, in accordance with the laws of the State.” In substance, the aforesaid condition is that fixed by an act of the Legislature approved on the twelfth of March, 1857, and which…