Murray v. Peckham

This action was begun in the Justice Court of Newport and taken by the plaintiffs, by appeal, to the Court of Common Pleas. The appeal bond was executed in the name of the appellants by their attorney of record. In the Court of Common Pleas the action was dismissed for want of a proper bond, and comes here, on exceptions, for error in the dismissal.

We do not find any error. In Clarke v. Courser, 29 N. H. 170, it was decided, that an attorney, under a general authority to prosecute and defend suits for his client, is not authorized to execute an appeal bond in the client’s name, the law being…