69 Miss. 221 | Miss. | 1891
delivered the opinion of the court.
It is not intended by § 19 of the code to define what a bond is, but to provide that the word “bond” shall embrace, in all cases where used, such instruments as are named in that section. It does embrace all such instruments by virtue of this section; it may embrace others by reason of the general law or specific provisions of other statutes.
The “bond” sued on is the “bond” of McLeod and of those who subscribed it as his sureties, by virtue of §§ 994 and 996 of the code. McLeod wrote the bond, and his name twice appears in the body thereof, written by him. True, he says that he did not intend his name as written to be his final
Affirmed.