Wilson v. State ex rel. Lashley

This was an action commenced before a *342justice of the peace, against Wilson, a constable, and his sureties, on his official bond. The bond is thus conditioned: “If the said Wilson will safely keep, and punctually pay over to the proper persons or authority, all moneys which he shall receive or collect, or which shall, in anywise, come into his hands by virtue of his office, and shall in all other respects discharge all his duties as such constable,” then the obligation was to be void, &c.

The breach assigned is, that, by virtue of a writ of attachment, at the suit of John M. Maxwell, against…