Trimble v. Ratcliff

Chiee Justice Marshale

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1830, Silas Ratcliff, with one Beavers executed an Injunction bond under the penalty of $3,000, for enjoining a judgment in ejectment, and John Graham was the surety of Ratcliff in the bond. In 1834 Silas Rat-cliff was surety for one Mins, executed an injunction bond under the penalty of $600, for enjoining a judgment for money. In April 1835, while these injunctions were pending, and when steps were in progress for a dissolution, Silas Ratcliff being also otherwise indebted conveyed to his son Richard, then just of age, 100 acres of…