Hunter v. Hunter

7 Ky. Op. 235, 1873 Ky. LEXIS 527

• Court: Court of Appeals of Kentucky
• Decided: October 23, 1873
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

When the injunction was dissolved the appellant had the right to his execution on the original judgment, and when levied or placed in the hands of the sheriff, it was in aid of the responsibility of the sureties and calculated to relieve them from the payment of the judgment. The attempt to do- that which was beneficial to the sureties certainly ought not to have the effect to release them from liability, or even delay the appellant in his remedy against them. They undertake tO' pay the judgment and the appellant can proceed against them at once to make it. If the judgment is satisfied by the original debtor, it bars the action; and any payment made by the debtor can be relied on as a discharge to that claim. The demurrer should have been sustained to the second paragraph of the answer'. This' defense should show a state of fact making the administrator liable for the taxes. If on real estate the taxes are claimed, the representative can not be made to pay. Whether the matters in the answer have been previously litigated between the parties, does not appear from; this record. This being the case the only mode of reaching it is by reply. The demurrer should have been sustained to the first and second paragraphs of the answer. The judgment of the court below is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to sustain the demurrer with leave to amend, and for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Johnson, for appellant. Muir & Wickliife, for appellees. Judge Hardin not sitting.