Bodkin v. Merit

The material allegations of the appellee’s complaint are these: That on the 23d day of December, 1878, the defendant James F. Bodkin was indebted to the National Bank of Rising Sun in the sum of $7,600, for which he had theretofore executed his promissory note, with James H. Merit as surety; that James F. Bodkin was also indebted to the First National Bank of Vevay in the sum of $600, for which he had executed his promissory note, with James H. Merit as surety; that Bodkin was still further indebted to Sarah Woods in the sum of $850, evidenced by his promissory note, on which James H. Merit…