Meyer v. Wiltshire

Per Curiam :

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Wiltshire, sheriff of Randolph county," against Thompson, the principal, and the other defendants, sureties upon a collector’s bond given by the defendants to the plaintiff as such sheriff. The plaintiff had judgment below and the defendants appealed.

The errors assigned are without any merit. They are:

That the court permitted an amendment by change of the form of action from assumpsit to debt. This is authorized by the statute.

That the court sustained demurrers to six pleas. They were, that the bond was taken without lawful authority;…