Greenfield v. Yeates ex rel. Directors of the Poor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rogers, J.

— It is admitted, that at the date of the bond, on which suit is brought, the plaintiffs, Thomas Yeates, Jacob Heck, and Andrew Thompson, were directors of the poor and house of employment, for the county of Franklin. But it is contended, that being incorporated by the act of assembly of the 11th of March, 1807, the suit should have been brought in their corporate name, and not in the name of the obligees, for their use. Without saying, whether a suit brought in that form, might not have been sustained, (of which there may be some doubt,) we…