Babcock v. Carter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Crenshaw. Heard before the Hon. Jebe N. Williams. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants againts the appellees, and sought contribution from the defendants to the complainants, for the reimbursement of moneys which he had paid in satisfaction of a bond, which he, together with the defendants and others, had executed.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Crenshaw. Heard before the Hon. Jebe N. Williams. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants againts the appellees, and sought contribution from the defendants to the complainants, for the reimbursement of moneys which he had paid in satisfaction of a bond, which he, together with the defendants and others, had executed. This bond was a supersedeas bond, given by J. C. Giddens and the complainant and defendants as his sureties, to obtain an appeal to the Supreme Court from a judgment which one R. E. Bolling had recovered against the said J. C. Giddens.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The original bill, in which the appellant was complainant, was filed to compel the de*578fendants, the appellees, his co-sureties, to contribute to his reimbursement of moneys he had paid in satisfaction of the common obligation qr liability. By way of plea, incorporated in the answer, the defendants alleged in defense, that the bond, constituting the common liability, was executed by them on Sunday. Much of the evidence introduced by the defendants, was in proof of the fact, that the bond was signed by them on Sunday, and the record is not without indications, that the stress of controversy in…
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