Case Name: Hodgkin vs. Holland, Sheriff
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1879-05
Citations: 34 Ark. 203
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hodgkin vs. Holland, Sheriff.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 203–204

Head Matter:
Hodgkin vs. Holland, Sheriff.
1. Sheriff’s Bone: Names of sureties in.
It is not necessary that the names of the sureties appear in the body of a sheriff’s bond. It is sufficient in any contract, if the intent of the party to be bound clearly appears.
APPEAL from Chicot Circuit Court.
lion. T. E. Sorrells, Circuit Judge.
Valentine, for appellant.
Rose, contra.

Opinion:
Harrison, J.
This appeal is from an order of the court below approving the bond of Samuel J. Holland as sheriff, against objections filed by appellant.
The only objection in this case, not made in the case of Hodgkin v. Holland, collector, etc., ante, was, that the names of the sureties were not inserted in the body of the bond.
It was not necessary to the validity of the bond that the names of the sureties should be mentioned in the body of it-
2 Par. on Con., 512; Dobson v. Keys, Cro. Jac., 261; Bruce v. Colgan, 2 Litt., 287; Blakey v. Blakey, 2 Dana, 464 ; Martin v. Dortch, 1 Stew., 479; Bartley v. Yates, 2 Hen. & M., 398; Beale v. Wilson, 4 Munf., 380.
It is sufficient in any contract, if the intent of the party to be bound clearly appears.
Affirmed.