McLure v. Colclough

The bill was filed in chancery by McLure,' Cooper, Brown, Dansby and Campbell; by the first three as alleged securities of Duncan McRea, as sheriff of Barbour county, and by the last two as sureties of McLure in a writ of error bond, the object of which was to remove the judgment against the sureties, which will be presently mentioned, to the Supreme Court, where the judgment was affirmed. For reasons stated in the bill, McRae, the sheriff, is made a defendant, and also Pugh, another supposed surety of his. But Colclough is the principal defendant. It appears by the bill that he had recovered…