Dowell v. Applegate

1 concur in the conclusions reached by the circuit judge in the foregoing opinion and the reasons given therefor; and after hearing the counsel for the parties, as directed by him, have settled the terms of the decree in the case.

*424Before stating them, it may be well to call attention to some of the leading facts in the case. On September 6, 1862, Jesse Apple-gate and others became sureties on the official bond of Samuel E. May, secretary of state, for the term of four years, and on August 4, 1866, said Applegate and B. E. Dowell became such sureties on his second official bond for a like…