Case Name: CROY ET AL. v. OHIO
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1832-10
Citations: 1 Ohio Ch. 135
Docket Number: 
Parties: CROY ET AL. v. OHIO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery Ohio
Volume: 1
Pages: 135–136

Head Matter:
CROY ET AL. v. OHIO.
Sureties of the peace — bond for, good at common law — bill of exceptions.
Where a bond has been given on a complaint, for sureties of the peace, it is not void, but good as a common law bond, the condition not being against law or good morals, but in furtherance of both.
A bill of exceptions, signed J. Wiley, pro lem.¿ without showing that he was a judge, or without the signatures of a majority, or quorum of the court, is a nullity.
Error to the Court of Common Pleas. The suit below was upon a bond given by the plaintiff in error, under a proceeding for sureties of the peace. It was objected to in the court below, but admitted and a bill of exceptions sealed.
Thompson, for the plaintiff,
urged that the bond was void. The law requii'es a recognizance in such cases.

Opinion:
Bx the Court.
The bond may be good at common law, though not good as a statutory bond. The parties are competent to contract, and the condition is not against law or good morals, but given in furtherance of both. A recognizance would have been more regular, and in compliance with the statute. But the bond is not void. These questions, however, are not before us. The bill of exceptions is a nullity. It is not signed and sealed by a majority, or quo rum of the judges, but is signed J. Wiley, pro tem. Whether Wiley was a judge, or what he was, does not appear, and there is no other signature.
The judgment is affirmed with costs.