Haughey Livery & Undertaking Co. v. Joyce

This is an action on the offtcial bond of the defendant John G. Joyce, one of the surveyors for the city of St. Louis. The other defendants signed the bond as sureties. The bond is for the penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and was made payable to the city of St. Louis, and conditioned for the faithful discharge by Joyce of the duties imposed upon him by law as such ■ surveyor. The petition, after stating the appointment of Joyce, as one of the city surveyors, and the terms and conditions of the bond, alleged his employment by the plaintiff in the following language: “And plaintiff for…