Brown v. Davenport

1. Where suit was brought on the bond of an administrator, it was proper to strike pleas by a surety thereon to the effect that he signed a temporary bond, and that subsequently he signed the bond sued on, under the statement of the ordinary that the temporary bond had been lost, and that he merely wanted this signed as a temporary-*448bond in its stead, and under representations both of the ordinary and the principal that it was only a temporary bond, and that other parties would also sign, and that he could read but poorly and the bond was not read to him, but the ordinary said it was a copy of…