Short v. Bryant

Short and one Withers having executed a note to Bryant for about $120, a suit was afterwards brought against them on the note, and Withers having pleaded infancy, a verdict and judgment were rendered for him on that plea; and a judgment for the debt &c. was rendered against Short alone. After the lapse of more than seven years from the date of this judgment, without execution thereon, Bryant sued out a scire facias to have execution against Short, to which the latter pleaded that he-was surety on the note, and relied on the lapse of seven years without execution on the judgment as…