Silver v. Governor

A PERSON being commissioned a justice of the peace, executed a bond with surety to the governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his official duties, and for the payment, to the persons entitled, of all moneys that should come into his [16] hands by virtue of Ms office, At the time the bond was exethere was no statute in force authorising the execution of such a bond by a justice of the peace. Held, that the bond was not warranted by law, and that no suit could be sustained on it.