Freeman v. Bosworth
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Suit by H. T. Bosworth against Williams & Freeman. A judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff, from which defendants appealed, and after they had become bankrupt a motion was made by their sureties on their appeal bond to be relieved from liability. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief of counsel on either side found in the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Mayes, C. J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This case is before the court on a motion made by the bondsmen of appellant, seeking to be released from liability on an appeal bond. The substance of the motion is about as follows: “Come the appellant and sureties on the bond of appellant in the above-styled cause, and suggest to the court that appellant has been adjudicated a bankrupt in the district court of the southern district of Mississippi, as shown by the exhibits filed with the motion.” The appellant and sureties, jointly and separately, then move the court to adjudge that the…
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