Cameron Ex Rel. Treasurer of Public Buildings of the County of Cumberland v. Campbell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
■From Cumberland This was an action of debt, on the following bond: Know all men, &c. that we, John M‘Rea, Robert Campbell. &c. all of Cumberland county, are held and firmly bound unto John Dickson, esq. chairman of the County Court of Cumberland, in the sum of five thousand pounds currency, payable to the said chairman, or his successors in office; to which payment well and truly to be made, &c.
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■From Cumberland This was an action of debt, on the following bond: Know all men, &c. that we, John M‘Rea, Robert Campbell. &c. all of Cumberland county, are held and firmly bound unto John Dickson, esq. chairman of the County Court of Cumberland, in the sum of five thousand pounds currency, payable to the said chairman, or his successors in office; to which payment well and truly to be made, &c. The condition of the bond was in these words, viz: The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas thfr above bounden John M‘Ra-8 hath this day, by the justices of the County Court…
1Opinion
The material words of the sheriff's bond on which this suit is brought, are that he "shall well and truly account for and pay into the hands of the county trustee for the time being all such sum or sums of money as may be or shall come into his hands, or which he ought to collect for the use of the county, and in all things comply with the acts of the General Assembly in such case made and provided." By the acts of 1808 the sheriff of the county is authorized and empowered to collect the taxes laid for the erection and repairs of the public buildings, and he is required to pay the same to the…
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