State ex rel. Thornburg v. Fletcher

The appellant commenced this action against the appellees on a recognizance bond given in a bastardy proceeding by Samuel V. Fletcher as principal, and David Fletcher as surety.

The complaint alleged that there was pending for trial in the Delaware Circuit Court the suit of the State, on the relation of India V. Thornburg, against Samuel V. Fletcher, on a charge of bastardy; that at the November term, 1887, of said court, on the defendant’s motion, a continuance of said cause was had until the next ensuing term of said court, and to that end the recognizance bond sued on was required *582of the…