Simpson v. McPhail

This was a bill in chancery filed by defendant in error against plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery county, on the 13th day of January, 1883. The bill alleged that on the 18tli of March, 1864, Davis, Haskell & Co. recovered judgment in said circuit court against Spartan Gresham and John Simpson as principals, and defendant in error as their surety upon a promissory note for §1,250.27 ; that said Gresham and Simpson were insolvent when the judgment was rendered; that said Simpson died December 13,1864, leaving his widow and the plaintiffs in error, his children, and being…