Corprew v. Boyle
Supreme Court of Virginia
In June 1854 Wm. T. Hendren was elected sergeant of the city of Norfolk, for three years; and on the 29th of the same month he executed his official bond in the penalty of $30,000, that being the amount fixed by the court; with J. Hendren, J. Hardy Hendren and three-others as his sureties.
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In June 1854 Wm. T. Hendren was elected sergeant of the city of Norfolk, for three years; and on the 29th of the same month he executed his official bond in the penalty of $30,000, that being the amount fixed by the court; with J. Hendren, J. Hardy Hendren and three-others as his sureties. The condition of the bond reciting that Hendren had been elected sergeant of the city of Norfolk for the term of three years, provides that if he shall faithfully discharge the duties of his said office,. -then the obligation to ‘be void; else to remain in full force. On the 29th of December 3855, the…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
Two questions afe presented in this-case: 1st — "Whether’ the bond executed by Wm. T. Hendren, sergeant of the city of Norfolk, and his sureties, on the 29th January 1856, is a valid bond; and 2d, if valid, whether the sureties in said bond are equally bound with the sureties in a former bond executed by said Hendren as sergeant, on the 29th June 1854, moneys which came into his hands belonging to the appellees, in December 1855.
Chapter 49, section 2, of the Code 1860, contains the-following provision: ■ “ From every person elected sheriff of any county or corporation, and from every *287soi’geaut…
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