Town of LaGrange v. Chapman

Manning J.:

This is an action of debt on a township treasurer’s bond, brought in the name of _the township against the treasurer and his sureties, on a bond given by them to The People of the State of Michigan, the declaration stating- that the defendants acknowledged themselves to be held and firmly bound unto the plaintiff, by the name and description of The People of the State of Michigan.

The defendants craved oyer of the bond, and demurred to the declaration, and the question is whether the action can be sustained.

The statute requires the township treasurer to give a bond with sureties to…