Shackleford v. Helm

The plaintiff in error enjoined a replevin bond which he, as principal,with others as his sureties, had executed, in 1821, for a debt contracted in or about the year 1818. His bill alleges that,, for an inconsiderable consideration, the defendant (Helm) had agreed to accept the nominal amount of the bond in notes of the Banli of the Commonwealth, which were afterwards tendered to him, but refused ; and that a partial payment had been made in specie* for which a credit is sought equivalent to the amount in Commonwealth paper of the money so paid ; that execution had issued for the amount of…