Findley v. Abraham Tipton

If a written contract be made with the office, it is immaterial whether in other respects the obligee be rightly described or not. (Acc. Polk v. Plummer, 2 Hum., 500; Merritt v. Governor, 4 Y., 489; Code, 773 774; 1 Hay., 144; 4 Bac. Ab., 760; Co. Litt., 3; 2 R. Ab. 43; 2 H. M., 459; 3 Call, 13, 249, 421, 523; 1 Wash, 1; 2 Call, 229, 299.)

Thus, a constable's official bond executed to John Sevier, governor, and his successors in office, when Willie Blount was governor, is a good statutory bond, and will sustain a motion, or action, in the name of Willie Blount, governor, for the use of those…