Superior Court of Delaware July 5, 1865 (State Use of Tharp v. Emerson)

This was an action of debt in the name of the State for the use of Tharp, Lofland and Griffith, the plaintiffs, on the official recognizance of Emerson, the defendant, as sheriff of the county, and his sureties, and came up on a case stated and the question of law reserved for a hearing before the court. The plaintiffs were sureties in the official bond of Joshua C.