Hascall v. Brooks

Defendant signed a bond as surety for Sarah Stewart bn appeal to the circuit court from a judgment rendered before a justice of the peace. The judgment was for $213.28. The bond was given for the same amount. The appeal was dismissed in the circuit court, on-the ground that the bond was not sufficient in amount. The bond was conditioned—

“That if the above-bounden Sarah Stewart shall prosecute her said appeal with all due diligence to a decision in the said circuit court, and, if a judgment be rendered against her in said circuit court, shall pay the amount of such judgment, including all the…