Carlon v. Dixon

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the circuit court, upon a trial by the court without a jury. Briefly, the facts are these: Wm. Britt brought an action in replevin against Carlon, the present plaintiff, claiming the delivery to him of a horse which was in the possession of Carlon. To entitle and secure to Britt the immediate delivery of the property, the defendants Dixon and Dixon executed an undertaking, as sureties, for double the value of the property, “ for the prosecution of said action, for the return of the property to the defendant, if return thereof be adjudged, and for…