Thompson v. Gowen

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

This was an action upon a bond. The makers of the bond were the county school commissioner, of Charlton county, as principal, and certain persons as sureties. The declaration had a copy of the bond attached to it, and dedared for a breach of the condition, in that the county school commissioner had received a sum of money, something over $500, and had not accounted for it. There was no plea. The trial came on, and the bond was tendered in evidence. It was objected to because it showed upon its face that it had been altered in a material point. It was altered in this…