Lines v. State ex rel. Jones

This was an action of debt by the State, on the relation of Jones, on a sheriff’s bond in the penalty of $5,000. Lines was the principal obligor, and the other defendants were his sureties. The condition of the bond, which was that Lines, the sheriff, should faithfully discharge his duties, &c., was set out in the declaration, and the following breach assigned, viz., that at, &c., the relator, Jones, obtained judgment against one Williams and one Hamilton for $558.78, with costs; that a capias ad satisfaciendum issued against the judgment-defendants, and was delivered to the sheriff; that the…