Holt v. . McLean
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN, tried before his Honor, Judge Kerr, at Spring Term, 1876, of Alamance Superior Court. The defendant, McLean, is the Register of Deeds in Ala-mance County, and the other defendants are the sureties on his official bond. The parties are sued by the plantifl for an alleged breach of said bond, in that McLean, as Register, issued a license for the marriage of the plaintiff’s daughter, Alice Jane, with one Wm.
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Civil ActioN, tried before his Honor, Judge Kerr, at Spring Term, 1876, of Alamance Superior Court. The defendant, McLean, is the Register of Deeds in Ala-mance County, and the other defendants are the sureties on his official bond. The parties are sued by the plantifl for an alleged breach of said bond, in that McLean, as Register, issued a license for the marriage of the plaintiff’s daughter, Alice Jane, with one Wm. A. Roney, without the written consent of the plaintiff, the said Alice being under eighteen years of age. The question discussed in the Court below, as to the sufficiency of…
1Opinion of the CourtBynum, J.
This is an action on the official bond of the Register of Deeds for the County of Alamance. The plaintiff alleges that in 1874 the said Register of Deeds, contrary to the statute, chap. 69, sec. 7, Bat. Rev., issued to one Roney a license to marr}r Alice, the daughter of the plaintiff, whereby the said Register of Deeds and his sureties incurred a penalty of two hundred dollars; for the recovery óf which this action is brought.
The conditions of the official bond sued on are: “That whereas the said Thos. G. McLean has been • duly elected Register of Deeds for Alamance County, by the qualified…
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