Dussuau v. Rilieux

The plaintiffs claim $600, and state, that the defendant became surety on an appeal bond, for a debtor of theirs. That the judgment, which was for $500, was affirmed with damages; and, although execution has issued against the principal, and is returned unsatisfied, the defendant refuses to pay, wherefore they demand the aforesaid debt and costs.

The defendant pleads the general issue; that the action cannot be maintained in the form in which it is instituted; that the petition *319demands no specific sum, and mentions not the necessary circumstances of time and place. He craved oyer of the bond,…