Osborn v. Riley

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Appellants are Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and the executors of the will of C.O. Osborn. They appeal from a judgment on a supersedeas bond rendered by the Circuit Court of St. Clair County in favor of appellees, the Rileys. That judgment, rendered on January 27, 1975, ordered Osborn, as the principal, and Aetna, as the surety, to pay the Rileys the sum of $20,000 plus court costs.

The litigation in this cause began in the spring of 1973 when the Rileys…