Hughes v. People

This was debt, in the St. Clair circuit court, on a sheriff’s bond, against the principal and his sureties.

The penalty of the bond was ten thousand dollars, and various breaches of the condition thereof assigned in the declaration, to which, and to each of them, there was a demurrer.

On overruling the demurrer, the court rendered judgment for the penalty, and awarded a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in vacation.

After notice to defendants, the judge, in vacation, a jury being waived, assessed the damages at ten thousand dollars, and rendered judgment for ten thousand dollars, the debt in…