official bond
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 22 U.S. 651 - Walton v. United States · 1824Most cited · 81 citing opinions
collateral, does not extinguish simple contract debt
in the case under consideration, the account and the bond are distinct from each other. The official bond is not given for the balance due; it is a collateral security for the faithful performance of the official duties of the officer, and was executed long before the existence of the balance claimed.
How often courts cite the cases defining “official bond”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “official bond” — 122 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1824–1872
The official bond of parties undoubtedly covers not merely duties imposed by existing law, but duties belonging to, and naturally connected with their office or business imposed by subsequent law. But the new duties should have some relation to or connection with such office or business, and not be disconnected from and foreign to both.