21 Me. 468 | Me. | 1842
The opinion of the Court was by
— The bond of a collector of taxes was formerly required to be made to the treasurer of the town. St. 1821, c. 116, § 23. The act of the 15th of March, 1836, c. 212, provided, that all bonds to be given by collectors of taxes should be given to the inhabitants of the towns, parishes, or plantations, for which they were chosen or appointed. The bond in suit was made by a collector of taxes and his sureties on the twenty-first day of July, 1836, to Ford Whitman, treasurer of the city of Bangor, to be paid to him or his successors in office. If the act of 1836 embraces cities, this bond should not have been made to the treasurer, but to the inhabitants. The act incorporating the city of Bangor, special laws, c. 436,
In the case of Stuart v. Lee, 8 Call, 421, the bond was made by the sheriff of a county and his sureties to Beverly Randolph as Governor, and his successors in office, when it should have been made to the justices of the county; and it was decided, that the plaintiff, being the successor of the Governor in office, could'not maintain the* action.
In the case of Calhoun, Judge, v. Lunsford, 4 Porter, 345, the bond was made by an assessor and collector of taxes to Richard S. Clinton, Judge, and his successors in office, when it should have been made to the Governor of the State and his successors in office; and it was decided, that the plaintiff, being the successor of Clinton, could not maintain the suit.
The default is to be taken off, and a new trial granted.