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Croy v. Ohio

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1832

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1832-10-15

The suit below was upon a bond given by the plaintiff in error, under a proceeding for sureties of the peace. It was objected to in the court below, but admitted and a bill of exceptions sealed.

Decided 1832-10-15

BY THE COURT.

¶1The bond may be good at common law, though not good as a statutory bond. The parties are competent to contract, and the condition is not against law or good morals, but given in furtherance of both. A recognizance would have been more regular, and in compliance with the statute. But the bond is not void. These questions, however, are not before us. The bill of exceptions is a nullity. It is not signed and sealed by a majority, or 136] quo-*rum of the judges, but is signed J. Wiley, pro tern. Whether Wiley was a judge, or what he was, does not appear, and there is no other signature.

¶2The judgment is affirmed with costs.

¶3[Defective undertaking sustained as a good common law bond; Duckwall v. Rogers, 15 O. S. 544, 546.]

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