Case Name: Manion v. Campbell, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1883-10
Citations: 79 Mo. 105
Docket Number: 
Parties: Manion v. Campbell, Appellant,
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 105–106

Head Matter:
Manion v. Campbell, Appellant,
Bankruptcy: noít-proyable debt : surety in appeal bond. Pending an appeal the defendant was adjudged a bankrupt; the judgment appealed from was affirmed and the surety satisfied the same, and sued the defendant for the money thus paid. Held, that the claim was not a contingent demand whose value could be ascertained, and was not provable under the act, and was not released by the discharge in bankruptcy.
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals.
Affirmed.
Broadhead § Ilaeussler for appellant.
Owen Campbell for respondent.
This syllabus is taken from 10 Mo. App. 92.

Opinion:
Henry, J.
On the 20th day of January, 1876, a judgment was rendered against defendant by the circuit court of St. Louis, from which he appealed on the 8th day of February, 1876, and plaintiff Manion was one of his sureties on the appeal bond. On the 14th day of October, 1876, Campbell was adjudged a bankrupt. On the 4th day of December, 1876, the judgment appealed from was affirmed. On the 15th day of March, 1877, Speck, plaintiff in the original suit against Campbell, sued the sureties on the appeal bond and obtained a judgment for $4,682.50, on the 27th day of May, 1877. Manion's co-surety being insolvent, he paid Speck $2,700 October 20th, 1879, and obtained a release from further liability. Manion obtained his discharge in bankruptcy 16th clay of May, 1878. The circuit court rendered. a judgment in favor of Manion against the defendant Campbell, who appealed to the court of appeals, which affirmed the judgment, and he has prosecuted his appeal to this court. For the reasons assigned by the court of appeals for affirming the judgment, all concurring, its judgment is affirmed. The case is reported in 10 Mo. App. 92.