State ex rel. Walton v. Schaeffer

This is an action upon the official bond of one John W. Drake, as constable of the Eighth Ward of the city of St. Louis. The action was dismissed as to Drake, and is prosecuted against his sureties. It appears that Walton was justice of the Eighth Ward aforesaid, and Drake was elected constable of the ward for a term of two years, which, by the legislature, was extended until November 3, 1878. On January 4, 1877, Drake gave the bond in question here, which, by its terms, covered the period until the qualification of his successor, which occurred on November 15, 1878. *277Defendants Schaeffer and…