State v. Douglass

This was a suit by the appellant, against the *545appellees, upon a forfeited recognizance, alleged to have been executed by the appellee Douglass, as principal, and by the appellees Barnes Dunklebarger and Josiah Diiuklebarger as sureties, and to have been taken and approved by and before a justice of the peace of Fountain county, on the 8th day of December, 1878.

To the appellant’s complaint, the appellees Barnes and Josiah Dunklebarger jointly answered, in two paragraphs, of which the first was a general denial, and the second paragraph stated special matter by way of defence.. The appellant…