Sheehan v. Connor

It is provided by P. S., c. 237, s. 8 (P. L., c. 349, s. 8), that “No scire facias against bail shall be supported unless the same shall be served on the bail within one year after the final judgment against the principal.” It is claimed that the second judgment as superseding the first one was the final one, and that the first one was therefore inoperative in tolling time in the defendant’s favor.

A final judgment has been defined as one which disposes of the case as between the parties. Carmichael v. Texarkana, 116 Fed. Rep. 845; Sinking Spring &c. Company v. Gring, 257 Pa. St. 340; Barnes…