Hardin v. Williams

The Court is of opinion that there is error in the judgment of the Circuit Court dismissing the petition in this case for the writs of certiorari and supersedeas. The petitioner was the surety of one William R. Watkins upon a promissory note for $200, of date the 1st -January, 1861, due twelve months after that date, for the hire of a negro slave, and payable to Markham L. Williams, by whom it was assigned to the defendant in error on the — day of January, 1867. A judgment was rendered on this note on the 4th of April, 1868, against the petitioner and the other parties to the note by a…