United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Dhanes

This is an action brought to recover on an appeal bond which was given on an appeal to a county court from a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace. The plaintiff won; defendants bring error and ask for a supersedeas.

The parties appeared in the court below in inverse order from that in which they appear here. When not otherwise designated, we shall speak of them as plaintiff and defendants, as in the trial court.

The basis of the action was this: Plaintiff Dhanes sued the Thoro Products Company in a justice court in Jefferson county and obtained judgment. The defendant company, instead of…