Coote v. Farnsworth

The plaintiff sued the defendant upon a joint and several bond given to the plaintiff as sheriff of Wayne county.

The bond upon its face purported to be executed by Don M. Dickinson and Levi T. Griffin as principals, and Moses Cohen and the defendant as sureties. It was an indemnity bond, and its condition provided that said Dickinson and Griffin should save and keep the plaintiff harmless and indemnify him against damages and costs that might arise from the levy and sale of property under an execution in his bands upon a judgment in favor of said Dickinson and Griffin, and against one Henry…