Boughner v. Hall
West Virginia Supreme Court
Woods, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Ritchie county, by Daniel Boughner, against Cyrus IIall, Jonathan IT.
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Woods, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Ritchie county, by Daniel Boughner, against Cyrus IIall, Jonathan IT. ITad-dox, Levi Hammond, Thomas F. TIammond, James Taylor, William M. Patton, Charles T. Lewis, and the executors and residuary devisees of James Malone, deceased; and against John C. Patton, executor of William Patton, deceased; and certain persons named as his heirs; and against Mrs. H. J. Jackson, widow, and Isaac J aekson administrators of Henry J. Jackson, deceased, and certain persons named as his heirs at law,…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Judge:
The plaintiff rests his right to contribution from his co-suretiés upon the following grounds : That by the agreement of December 8, 1857, his co-sureties and himself were all equally and jointly bound to pay to James Taylor whatever sum might be justly clue to him upon said agreement; that said Taylor in his action at law, having recovered against the plaintiff and his co-sureties, upon said agreement the judgment for four thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty-three cents, the co-sureties who were defendants in said action are estopped by the said judgment,…
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