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Harris v. Thomas

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided March 15, 1787

Connecticut Superior Court · decided 1787-03-15

ActioN on bond of recognizance. Tbe case was, as disclosed in special pleadings, — • Tbat tbe wife of tbe plaintiff, while sole, instituted her suit against Samuel Post, for tbe maintenance of her bastard child, of which he was the putative father; and before a justice of the peace, said Samuel and the defendant entered a bond of recognizance to the then plaintiff, in the sum of £150 conditioned, — - “ That in case said Samuel should appear before the Court of Common Pleas,…

Decided 1787-03-15

By the whole Court.

¶1The recognizance before the justice, that the defendant should abide the order of the Court of Common jPleas, as well as for his appearance, was well taken within the statute; and is according to the course of proceedings in like cases in England. And it appears, that the recognizance has become forfeit, for the. principal’s not abiding the order of court, and also for nonappearanee. The records do not show that an appearance was admitted, or that the principal was delivered up in court; which are facts, to be proved only by the record, according to a late determination, in the case of Fitch v. Hall, ante, 18, affirmed in the Supreme Court of Errors.

¶2That more than a year had elapsed from the. time of the final judgment against the principal, before the bringing this suit; this would ordinarily have exonerated the bail — but it did not exonerate him in this case. The judgment here, was for the quarterly payments, for. four years from *269the birth of tlie child, and the recognizance held for the performance of the whole: The declaration, therefore, sets forth a good cause of action, and there is nothing disclosed by the defendant sufficient to bar the recovery.

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