Gifford v. Ammer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McElroy, J. :

This action was' brought by one T. G. Watros against Ansel Gifford, the plaintiff in efror, for the recovery of $546.06, which the plaintiff claimed *366to have paid on a supersedeas bond which he signed as surety for Gifford. The plaintiff alleged in his petition that one Bert Oleson recovered a judgment in the district court of Winneshiek county, Iowa, against Ansel Gifford for $3E0 damages and $137 costs, from which judgment Gifford appealed to the supreme court; that at the request of Gifford this plaintiff became surety on his appeal…