People ex rel. Cook v. Cole
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Sanilac; Beach, J. Debt by the People of the State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of William W. Cook, against Sidney S. Cole, principal, and John H. Earley, surety, upon a notary’s bond. There was judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff upon the notarial bond given by defendant Sidney S. Cole, as principal, and the defendant John H. Farley, as surety.
The condition of the bond is “that if the said Sidney S. Cole shall duly and faithfully discharge the duties of his said office, without fraud, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.”
The breach charged is for taking the acknowledgment *313of a mortgage signed by one Paul Davis under the name of Peter M. Carroll, which reads:
“State oe Michigan, ) County of Sanilac. [
“Before me, the subscriber,…
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