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2 D.C. 291

Mayor v. Baker

Decided April 15, 1822

Debt against the surety in an auctioneer’s bond, taken under a by-law of Georgetown, for licensing auctioneers, which requires them to give bond to the mayor, and directs that the licenses shall be granted under the seal of the corporation. In this ease, the bond was given to the corporation by its corporate name, and the license was without a seal.

Decided 1822-04-15

The Court

¶1(nem. cow.) decided that the bond was void, because given to the corporation, and not to the mayor, as required by the by-law. And that as the bond was taken prospectively, before the license was granted, and as the license was not granted under the corporate seal, as required by the' ordinance, the auctioneer never was such an auctioneer as was contemplated by the bond, although he continued to act as such through the whole year.

¶2Verdict for the defendant.

¶3The plaintiff’s counsel took a bill of exceptions, but no writ of error was prosecuted, although there were several suits, for considerable sums depending upon the same questions.

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