Duke v. Pigman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 87 — Action fob Contribution — APPEAL FROM KNOTT CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals. The appellant, J. W. Duke, on the 25th day of March, 1898, filed his petition against the appellees in which he sought contribution from them for the following reasons: That he is a son of P. M. Duke, deceased, who in his life time together with appellees was surety on the bond of Pigman, as sheriff of Knott County, who defaulted and failed to pay a claim…
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Case 87 — Action fob Contribution — APPEAL FROM KNOTT CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals. The appellant, J. W. Duke, on the 25th day of March, 1898, filed his petition against the appellees in which he sought contribution from them for the following reasons: That he is a son of P. M. Duke, deceased, who in his life time together with appellees was surety on the bond of Pigman, as sheriff of Knott County, who defaulted and failed to pay a claim allowed to Jones as jailer for $360, on which claim Jones brought suit against the appellees and P. M. Duke as sureties'…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion ob the court by
JUDGE BURN AM
Abbieming.
At the December term, 1889, of the Knott Circuit Count,. J. C. Jones reeoveered a judgment against J. N. Pigman *758-and his securities upon his official bond as sheriff of Knott -county for the year 1888, for a claim which had been allowed to him, as jailer, against the county. P. M. Duke, the father of appellant, was -one of the securities. After the rendition of the judgment in favor of Jones, Duke, in •consideration of love and affection, conveyed to his son, •J. W. -Duke, the appellant in this proceeding, a house and lot in the town of Hindman.…
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