Ferrall v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Florida
Error to Leon Circuit Court. The plaintiffs in error brought an action of debt against the defendants at the Spring term, 1846, of the Circuit Court of the County of Leon, upon a bond made by defendants, jointly, for the payment of the sum of thirteen hundred dollars. To this bond there was a condition which is recited in the opinion delivered by- the Court. Richard H. Crowell, one of the defendants, was not served with process.
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Error to Leon Circuit Court. The plaintiffs in error brought an action of debt against the defendants at the Spring term, 1846, of the Circuit Court of the County of Leon, upon a bond made by defendants, jointly, for the payment of the sum of thirteen hundred dollars. To this bond there was a condition which is recited in the opinion delivered by- the Court. Richard H. Crowell, one of the defendants, was not served with process. The other defendants, the Bradfords, pleaded that they were jointly, and not jointly and severally, bound, with one Richard H. Crowell, and that, in the year 1843,…
1Opinion of the CourtHawkins, Justice
For the better understanding of the case at bar, the second plea of the defendants, Bradford’s, is set forth at length. “ And for further plea, the defendants, Edward Bradford and Richard H. Bradford, by their attorneys, J. & L. Branch, crave oyer of the said writing obligatory, and it is read to them, &c.; they also crave oyer of the condition of the said writing obligatory, and it is also read to them, in these words : ‘ The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the aforesaid Lewis Hale, Michael Ferrell and Thomas M. Crowell, are bound as bail for the said R. H. Crowell,…
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