Brown v. Colquitt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and Surety. Bonds. Contracts. Principal and Agent. Before Judge Hutchins. Walton Superior Court. August Term, 1883. Reported in the decision. cited, Code, §§2851, 3831, 3454; 14 Qa., 173; 1 Whart. Ev., §633; 1 Dan. Neg. Inst., 154'; 30 Ga., 278; 55 Id., 45, 47; 23 Grat., 600; 41 Cal., 85; 6 Allen, 305; 10 Am. R., 268; 13 Am. Dec.,'629.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
This was a scire facias to forfeit a criminal bond-upon which plaintiff in error was surety. He answered that he signed this bond when there was no obligee or penalty set forth; that the name of the obligee and the amount of the penalty were inserted therein in his absence. The facts shown were that the sheriff had arrested one Ball, upon six warrants,issued upon six bills of indictment; that plain tiff'iii error agreed to become his bail; that the sheriff had filled out several bonds, which he had signed; that plaintiff in error signed the sixth bond and instructed the…
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