Illinois Surety Co. v. Hendrick

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Miller

Affirming.

In 1913, the appellees John K. Hendrick and Hal S. Corbett, composing the law firm of Hendrick' & Corbett, recovered a judgment in the McCracken circuit court against James E. Wilhelm and others, for $1,200.00. Wilhelm and his co-defendants prosecuted an appeal to the Court of Appeals and executed a supersedeas bond, with the Hlinois Surety Company as surety thereon.

The bond substantially followed section 748 of the Civil Code and bound the appellant “to pay to the appellees all the costs and damages that may be adjudged against the…