Cooper v. Metzger

The complaint of the appellee, alleges that the appellant Cooper instituted an action in the Knox Circuit Court against appellee, for the recovery of personal property; that, to obtain immediate possession of the property, Cooper, as principal, and the other appellants, as sureties, executed the written undertaking required by the statute ; that the action instituted by Cooper was tried, and a judgment rendered adjudging a return of the property, or, •if a return was not made by Cooper, that the appellee recover the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars ; and that Cooper had neither…