Swift v. Esdale

Appellees filed a petition for declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, sitting in equity, asking that appellant, as Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, be made a party respondent; and that, upon final hearing, the court render a judgment declaring appellees legally absolved from their obligation as judgment debtors and discharging them as sureties. Appellant demurred to this petition and his demurrer was overruled. Appellant then filed an answer, which he subsequently amended. The cause came on to be heard; and the court decreed that…