Honeycutt v. Whitten

Defendants appeal from a judgment condemning them in solido, as principal and sureties on a forthcoming bond which had been signed by them in order to obtain the release of certain property held by the sheriff by virtue of a writ of provisional seizure.

Plaintiff originally sued defendant J. L. Whitten on a claim for rent, and at the same time obtained a writ of provisional seizure, under which the sheriff seized four bales of cotton, two mules, three horses, ungathered crops of cotton, corn, sugar cane and potatoes, and one wagon, all of which was appraised in the sum of $3,500.

During the…