McKissack v. Davis

The plaintiffs in error recovered a judgment against part of the defendants in the court below, and other defendants afterwards became parties by means of a bond for a supersedeas, in which they were sureties. From this judgment various executions were issued successively, until the spring term 1849, when, on motion of the defendants, the court ordered satisfaction of th® judgment to be entered. This was done on the affidavit of a witness, stating that the same had been paid. It does not appear that the plaintiffs had any notice of the motion, and therefore the order to enter satisfaction…