Illinois Supreme Court December 15, 1839 (Hoxey v. County of Macoupin)

Browne, Justice,

delivered the opinion of the Court :

This was an action of debt brought by the county of Macoupin against Tristam P. Hoxey, John Wilson, and Charles Storer, on a bond given by the said Hoxey, as clerk of the County Commissioners’ Court of Macoupin county, with the said Wilson and Storer, his sureties. The writ issued against the three defendants, Hoxey, Wilson, and Storer.