Boyer v. Marshall

The action is brought to recover, by way of contribution, portions of sums of money alleged to have been paid by the plaintiff on account of notes alleged to have been made by him and the defendant, upon which their liability assumed was equal in degree and to which their relation as between themselves was the same. The-defendant and his two brothers, Theron and George 0. Marshall, were the owners of a farm, which came to them by descent on the death of their father, John Marshall (which occured in 1872), subject to a mortgage which he in his lifetime had given to one Tifft. In May, 1874, the…