State ex rel. Snell v. Reynolds

This was an action of debt, commenced in the Court below by Snell, against Reynolds and his securities, on an official bond given by Reynolds for the faithful discharge of his duties as Constable of Richmond township, in the county of Howard. There was demurrer and judgment for the defendants, to reverse which the plaintiff now prosecutes his writ of error in this Court. The declaration, after setting out the office bond, charges in substance “ that on the 13th day of May, 1828, one George Craig and the said Snell (the plaintiff) became bound in a writing obligatory to one Samuel Davis,…