Parker v. Board of Trustees

The petition in this case is for a mandamus to compel the respondents, who are the president and board of trustees of the village of Portland, to comply with his request to approve his liquor bond, tendered by him to them for that purpose. The board, which consists of the president *309and six trustees, had previously fixed the penalty in this class of bonds at the sum of six thousand dollars. The petition shows that on the 28th day of April, 1884, he presented a bond to said board in due form and for the necessary amount, signed by himself and two sureties. Each of them made affidavit that he…