Inhabitants of Wellesley v. Washburn

This is a petition for review, under the Pub. Sts. c. 187, § 17. By § 19 of the same chapter the petitioner is *360required to give to the adverse party a bond with sufficient sureties, etc. The respondent moved to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction, on the ground that there was no sufficient bond. The bond in this case was not signed by the petitioner as principal, but by one of the selectmen, the other two signing as sureties. But this was authorized by the Pub. Sts. c. 161, § 104, to the effect that any bond required to be given by a party in the course of a civil suit or proceeding…