RIDDLE V. MOSS, 11 U. S. 206 (1812)
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Riddle v. Moss, 11 U.S. 206 (1812)
Riddle v. Moss
11 U.S. 206
Syllabus
Decided: that the principal obligor in a bond is not a competent witness for the surety; in an action upon the bond; the principal being liable to the surety for costs in case the judgment should be against him.
This was an action of debt on a joint bond given by John Welch as principal obligor and the defendant Moss as his surety. The suit abated as to Welch by the return of the marshal that he was no inhabitant of the district. The defendant, Moss, pleaded specially certain facts in avoidance of the bond as to him alone, upon which issue was joined, and upon the trial the defendant, Moss, offered as a witness the said John Welch, the principal obligor, who was permitted by the court below to testify for the defendant, and upon his cross-examination confessed that he had made over to Moss all his property as security to indemnify him against the event of this suit.
The plaintiff took a bill of exceptions, and the verdict and judgment being against him, brought his writ of error to this Court.