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Cunningham v. Clarkson

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1833

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1833-04-15

Debt, for money paid, laid out and expended. Plea, nil debet. The plaintiff to support his action offered a Kentucky record in evidence, from which it appeared that A. brought a joint suit against four persons, including the defendant. The process was served on the other three, and judgment and execution was had against them.

Decided 1833-04-15

BY THE COURT.

¶1The claim of the plaintiff is as bail, for A. B. and C., who were jointly liable for a sum of money to a stranger. There is no privity between the plaintiff and this defendant. Bail may resort to his principal for indemnity; but not to another person, merely because that other person was liable for the same original debt, and might be liable over to the principal of the bail, if he were ’•‘compelledto pay. The case in 8 T. R. 308 is not analogous— [218 that in the 3 O. 42, seems exactly in point, and against the plaintiff’s claim. The testimony is inadmissible.

¶2The plaintiff then submitted to a non suit.

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