Murray v. Winham

The ChancelloR :

The bill makes this case : One A. B. Shankland was the first indorser, and complainant the ¡second indorser, on a note made by one Lucas. On Feb*337ruary 11, 1868, M. E. Crutcher, as the holder of this note, recovered a judgment on it before a justice of the peace against both Shankland and Murray. Shankland appealed to the Circuit Court, and gave an appeal bond, to which he signed complainant’s name, without authority, and procured the defendant Winham to become surety of appeal. The judgment was, on November 9, 1868, affirmed by the Circuit Court against the original parties and…