M'Kee v. Stannard

the opinion of the court was delivered by—

Tilghman, C. J.

This was an action of debt on bond, brought by Daniel Stannard, the defendant in error, against James MlKee and others, the plaintiffs in error. The following is the substance of the case, as it appears on the record, on a demurrer by the defendants to the plaintiff’s replication. James McKee having been arrested on a capias ad satisfaciendum issued against him on a judgment obtained by the said Daniel Stannard, in order to obtain his discharge from imprisonment, by virtue of an act passed the 28th of March, 1820, gave bond, with the…