Bell v. Lamkin
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was a bill in Chancery, filed in Madison Circuit Court, by Lamkin against Bell. One John W. Bell having taken out writs of error on several judgments obtained against him, Lamkin and Bell, together with, two other individuals, became his sureties, to the writ of error bonds. John W. Bell then executed to Lamkin and the two other sureties, a deed of trust of several slaves for securing the payment of the judgments in the event .of their affirmance.
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This was a bill in Chancery, filed in Madison Circuit Court, by Lamkin against Bell. One John W. Bell having taken out writs of error on several judgments obtained against him, Lamkin and Bell, together with, two other individuals, became his sureties, to the writ of error bonds. John W. Bell then executed to Lamkin and the two other sureties, a deed of trust of several slaves for securing the payment of the judgments in the event .of their affirmance. In this deed, R. A. Bell was not included. Afterwards, on the affirmance of the several judgments- taken up by error against John W. Bell,…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, C. J.
-The facts of this case, so far as they are considered material, are these : one John W. Bell sued out four writs of error on judgments rendered against him; and .Neal B. Rose,Francis Haynes, Robert A. Bell, the plaintiff in error in this case, and Griffin Lamkin, the defendant, became his securities in the bonds, for the writs of error, A deed of trust was executed to three of the securities, without name-ing Robert A. Bell, of several negroes for the purpose of securing the payment of the judgments should they be affirmed in the Supreme Court. “ The deed directed that if the judgments, or…
2Cited by1 opinion
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