Succession of McCalop

The appellees, Mena/rd & Vignaud, brought an action in the District Court of East Baton Rouge against John B. Scudder and the testamentary executor of the late James Me Galop, to recover the sum of $19,864 03, alleged to bo due them by Scudder, and for which the testator was liable as surety. There was a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $15,138 03, and the executor appealed. On the 2d of July, 1852, a judgment was rendered by the Supreme Court, reducing the plaintiffs claim to the sum of $12,122 74, with interest from judicial demand. See 7 An. 387.

A writ of fieri facias was…