Treasurer of the State Lunatic Asylum v. Douglas
Supreme Court of Missouri
JSJrrór to Chariton Circuit Court. — Hon. G. D. Burqess, Judge. This was an action to recover for the board, etc., of Mrs. Blue, a patient at the State Lunatic Asylum at Fulton.
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JSJrrór to Chariton Circuit Court. — Hon. G. D. Burqess, Judge. This was an action to recover for the board, etc., of Mrs. Blue, a patient at the State Lunatic Asylum at Fulton. The action was on a bond signed by defendant Douglas and others, in the following form: “ Enow all men by these presents, that we,---, of the county of Chariton, are held and firmly bound unto-, Treasurer of the Missouri Lunatic Asylum, and his successors in office, in the sum of $500, for the payment of which we jointly and severally bind ourselves firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated this 24th…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Action on a bond executed and delivered to, the Treasurer of tbe State Lunatic Asylum.
There is nothing in the point that the name of the treasurer is not inserted in the' bond.
Equally untenable is the objection that the names of' the obligors are not inserted in the body of the bond. As shown by the authorities cited by plaintiff, this point is well settled in this State.
Now, as to the blank left in the bond in respect to the board of Martha M. Blue. It seems from the authorities, that if the blank is caused by an omitted word or words,, which being omitted, the instrument would have no legal…
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