Tucker v. Talbott

Mitchner Tucker, the appellant, sued John M. Talbott, A. A. Hammond, Washington H. Talbott, and Joshua Tucker, alleging, in substance, the following facts, viz: That on November 12, 1857, Joshua Tucker, one of the defendants, was indebted to the other defendants, for goods before that time sold and delivered, in the sum of $437, for' which debt the plaintiff was in no manner liable.

That before that time, said Joshua had been in the employment of said John M. Talbott, who was post-master at Indianapolis, as clerk in said post-office, at a salary of $700 a. year. That by an agreement between…