First National Bank v. Barrett

This is a proceeding to quash an execution. The First National Bank of Salem secured a judgment against the defendant, Dorothy Barrett and other of her brothers and sisters who were principals, and J. P. Patton and J. C. Stephens who were sureties for them on a note. The two sureties, Patton and Stephens by arrangements with the bank paid the amount of the judgment in full and the bank duly assigned the judgment to the sureties for the purpose and with the intention of keeping the same alive and as a lien against the property of the defendants, and without any intention of satisfying the…