Case Name: Gillespie & als. v. Thompson & als.
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1848-07
Citations: 5 Gratt. 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gillespie & als. v. Thompson & als.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 132–132

Head Matter:
Lewisburg.
Gillespie & als. v. Thompson & als.
Brooke, J.)
An injunction bond does not bind the obligors to pay such costs as may become due, This is not a defect of which the obligors can complain.
This was an action of debt on an injunction bond, brought in the Circuit Court of Tazewell, by Gillespie Sp Dills against William Thompson and two others. The defendants appeared and craved oyer of the bond, and then demurred. The bond is in the proper form, except that it does not bind the obligors to pay such costs as may become due. The Court below sustained the demurrer, and gave judgment for the defendants: Whereupon the plaintiffs applied to this' Court for a supersedeas, which was granted.
B. R. Johnston and Fulton, for the appellants.
Sheffey and Floyd, for the appellees.

Opinion:
Bv the Court.
The defect in the bond is not injurious to the defendants.
Judgment reversed.