Crawford v. Eastman

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to revive a judgment obtained by appellees against appellant and one William M. Brophy, since deceased. . The cause was before the Branch Appellate Court on the appeal of appellant, as to whom only the judgment was revived. That judgment was reversed and the cause remanded to the Superior Court upon ■ the theory that the judgment being joint, it could not be revived against all. The rule of the common law, which obtains in this jurisdiction, is that if one joint defendant dies, the writ to revive the judgment…