Case Name: Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Co., Appellants, vs. S. L. Clark, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1887-06
Citations: 23 Fla. 308
Docket Number: 
Parties: Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Co., Appellants, vs. S. L. Clark, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 308–308

Head Matter:
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Co., Appellants, vs. S. L. Clark, Appellee.
An instrument intended as an appeal bond and purporting in the body thereof to bind a railroad company, -but which is signed “ J. M. Hardaway, Agent Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad Company,” followed by a scrawl for a seal, is not a valid bond of the company.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Suwannee county.
The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
J. 8. White mr the motion.
JB. B. Blackwell, contra.

Opinion:
The Chiee-Justice delivered the opinion of the court í
Appellee moved the court to dismiss the appeal in this cause because the bond therein was not executed as required by law. The motion must be granted. An inspection of the bond shows that it purports on the face of it to be the bond of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company, by its agent, J. M. Hardaway. It is signed " J. M. Hardaway, Agent Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad Company." This is not the bond of the defendant, it is the bond of the agent. Our statute requires that the defendant shall give bond. Thompson's Digest, p. 446, sec. 2.
Let the appeal be dismissed.