Drake, Administrator v. . Coltrane, Administrator

Sundry justices' judgments, amounting to $250 and more, were rendered against M. A. Causey, and William Coltrane, the defendant, became surety for the stay of execution. The money was collected from and paid by Coltrane, prior to the death of Causey, which occurred in September, 1840. At November Term, 1840, of Randolph County Court, Coltrane administered on Causey's estate; and on 4 August, 1842, Benjamin Swain, the plaintiff's intestate, obtained a judgment before a justice of the peace against said Causey, for $28.46, which amount, since the death of Causey, Swain had paid as his surety on…