Autry v. Southern Railway Co.

The action against the two defendants was joint. Th'e jury returned a joiaat verdict against them. Judgment was entered up against them jointly. Each defendant filed a separate motion for new trial. Both motions were overruled. Each defendant sued out a separate bill of exceptions returnable to the Court of Appeals, to review the judgment overruling its motion for new trial. Each defendant, in order to supersede the judgment *139of the court below, filed separate supersedeas bonds with different sureties. Separate judgments were rendered by the Court of Appeals, affirming the separate judgment in…