Legal Opinion
City of Eaton Rapids ex rel. Snyder v. Stump
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Error to Eaton; Smith, J. Debt by the city of Eaton Rapids, for the use and benefit of Perry O. Snyder, against F. Marion Stump, as principal, and James B. Bradley and Jay W. Vaughan, as sureties, upon an official bond. From a judgment for defendants on demurrer to the declaration, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Defendant Stump, on the 26th day of April, 1898, was duly elected to the office of marshal of the city of Eaton Rapids by the common council. He, as principal, and defendants Bradley and Vaughan, as sureties, executed a bond, running to the city of Eaton Rapids, in the penal sum of $1,000, as required by the charter of that city; the condition of the bond being:
“That if the said F. Marion Stump shall well and faithfully in all things discharge the duties of his said office according to law, and shall faithfully disburse all moneys that may come into his hands by virtue of his *2said office,…
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