People ex rel. Esper v. Burns
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Debt by the people of the State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of Michael Esper, Joseph P. Esper, and Edward Esper, copartners as Michael Esper & Sons, against James D. Burns, principal, and the Bankers’ Surety Company, surety, upon a statutory bond. A judgment for plaintiffs on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by defendants on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is an action of debt on bond brought in the circuit court for the county of Wayne against James D. Bums, sheriff of said county, and the bonding company which furnished his general official bond, because of the seizure and sale of certain goods.
The facts in the case are as follows: On January 25, 1907, Twitchell Bros. Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Detroit, being indebted to the Independent Steel & Wire Company, an Illinois corporation, upon its promissory note which was past due, the latter company commenced suit in the Wayne circuit court against said Twitchell Bros.…
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