Sonneman v. Dolan

This is an action on a supersedeas bond. Judgment was rendered against three defendants, all of the obligors, without reciting who was principal and who were sureties. One of the sureties appealed, assigning omission of such a recital as an erroneous departure from statute. Comp. St. 1929, sec. 20-1544. This assignment raises the question presented by the appeal.

The facts are not in dispute. In a former action by William Sonneman, for the alienation of his wife’s af*831fections, against Burford J. Atkinson, the jury rendered in favor of plaintiff a verdict for $20,000, which was reduced by…