Soles v. City of Vidalia

The appearance-supersedeas bond in certiorari must be executed according to the provisions of Code § 19-214 as a condition, precedent to the sanctioning of the application. Among other things, the bond shall be made payable “if the conviction be in a municipal court, to the municipality.” This condition, however, is satisfied if the obligee in the bond is such an officer of the municipality as has power to bind it in the subject matter of the instrument. “If it is a valid contract between the obligors and the city, adequate to the accomplishment of the purposes mentioned in the statute and…