Porter v. Brackenridge
Indiana Supreme Court
ERROR to' the Franklin Circuit Court.—Debt by Porter against Brackenridge, administrator. Special plea in bar. Demurrer to the plea, and judgment for the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBlackford, J.
This was an action of debt on a joint and several bond in the penal sum of 1,090 dollars, executed by one Van Camp and the defendant’s, intestate, and conditioned for Van Camp's making a title to the plaintiff for a certain tract of land. The defendant pleaded two pleas. To the first plea the plaintiff replied, and obtained judgment o'n demurrer to his replication. Any further notice of that plea is therefore unnecessary. The second plea states that the intestate was only a surety in the bond; that the plaintiff had agreed with Van Camp, without the defendant’s knowledge, to take a judgment…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
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