54 Kan. 574 | Kan. | 1895
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action brought by J. O. Stow & Co. to recover upon an undertaking given by R. J. Shay and Joe H. Borders in an attachment proceeding. It appears that an action was brought by J. O. Stow & Co. against one Walton, before George Allen, a justice of the peace of Hamilton county, to recover $300, and at the same time an order of attachment was issued, which was levied on a stock of merchandise. R. J. Shay, who appears to have been in possession of the attached goods, appeared before the justice of the peace, and upon his application was made a defendant. He then moved for the discharge of the attachment, which being overruled, he asked for and obtained a change of venue on account of the prejudice of the people of the township against him. According to the transcript of the docket of the justice of the peace, he “transmitted the papers to Syracuse.” Although he did not name the justice of the peace to whom the papers were sent, we find them in the possession of J. D. Woodruff, a justice of the peace of Syracuse township,'in the same county. On the following day he indorsed on his docket that the case was brought before George Allen, a justice of the peace of Coolidge township, and “taken from him to me by virtue of a change of venue.” R. J. Shay appeared as one of the defendants before Woodruff, and a trial was had, which resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, in the sum of $300, and for all costs. It does not appear that this judgment has been appealed from, nor that it has been paid or performed by anyone.
The contention is, first, that the bond upon which the action was brought is not such an one as is contemplated by the statutes for the discharge of an attachment; and, second, that
“Before Geo. Allen, justice of the peace of Coolidge township. — State of Kansas, Hamilton county, ss.: Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, are held and firmly bound to J. O. Stow & Go., in the sum of $2,200. The condition of this obligation is, that whereas, J. O. Stow & Co. has begun suit against Henry Walton for the sum of $300, and have attached a stock of goods on which R. J. Shay has a chattel mortgage of $1,370 ; said goods being attached while in the possession of said R. J, Shay: Now we, the undersigned, for the discharge of said attachment and restitution of said property, bind ourselves to said plaintiff in the sum of $2,200, to the effect that the said R. J. Shay shall perform the judgment in the above cause. Now, therefore, if all these things are fully done and performed, then the above obligation be void; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect. R. J. Shay.
Joe H. Borders.
“Taken and approved by me, this 10th day of January, A. D. 1887. W. A. Lock, Constable.”
The undertaking is in substantial compliance with § 52 of the justices’ code. It is given by Shay, one of the defendants, who, having failed to secure a discharge of the attachment upon his motion, accomplished the same purpose by giving the bond. It operated as a substitute for the property attached, and to discharge the attachment. Having secured the release of the property upon an obligation to perform the judgment that might be rendered in the cause, the obligors are bound to pay any final judgment rendered in the case up to the limit of their obligation. (Washer v. Campbell, 40 Kas. 398, 747.)
The other ground of objection to a recovery upon the undertaking is, that the transcript of Justice Allen does not show the justice of the peace to whom the case was transferred by the change of venue. In changing the place of trial, it