Legal Opinion

Farnsworth v. Bell

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1848PublishedCited by 35 opinions

MOTION BY SURETY AGAINST PRINCIPAL. Farnsworth paid money as surety for Bell, and took judgment for the amount, on motion before a justice of the peace. Defendant obtained writs of certiorari and supersedeas, and brought 'the papers up to the circuit court. The Circuit Judge gave judgment in favor of the defendant, from wbicb the’ plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. [1]

1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.

This was a matter which the circuit judge could determine without the intervention of a jury, and there was no error in the judgment below.

Judgment affirmed.

2Cited by35 opinions

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