Penfold v. Slyfield
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Benzie; Aldrich., J. Assumpsit by Jonathan Penfold against Charles B. Slyfield and others upon an appeal bond.' From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
In February, 1894, in the United States district court, Penfold obtained a judgment on a cross libel against the tug E. D. Holton, the property of the Slyfields, the amount of the judgment and costs being $2,306.21. Pending an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals, and in order to stay proceedings, the Slyfields filed a supersedeas bond in the sum of $4,000. The sureties on the bond were the other defendants in this cause. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the district court in February, 1895 (13 C. C. A. 512, and 66 Fed. 362), and added the costs and damages…
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