(аfter stating the facts). The plaintiff’s first exception is to the Judge’s сharge that there was no evidence furnished,, in the two deeds executed by John F. McKee to his sureties, and in the authority afterwаrds given to them to sell, after his attaining full age, of his ratification of indebtedness on the note.
In the first deed, made the same month in whiсh he arrived at majority, this .recital is contained: “ Whereas, said Sharpe and Miller are sureties for the said J. F. McKee, on a note payable,” &c., describing it accurately.
The second deed made August 31, after conveying certain personal property, proceeds thus: “Now, therefore, the parties of *232 the second pаrt” (the assignee’s sureties) “shall hold and use all the above cоnveyed property, for the purpose of payiug and disсharging said note to which they are surety,” aud adds authority to sell, “аnd apply the proceeds of said sale to the discharge of' said note.”
The subsequent written direction, bearing date November 22, 1877, has a provision that “ when the note to which they arе surety shall be fully paid off and discharged,” then what remains, if anything, shall bе returned to the mortgagor. Thus, the debtor in both deeds recognizes the obligation of the note as resting upon his two sureties, and аppropriates his own property to its payment, in order to their relief.
Wo are not willing to give our consent to the ruling that there is no evidence of ratification of the debt, if it were a material element in the cause, but it is rendered unimportаnt by the subsequent instruction, that as to both the said John F. aud the surety Sharрe, the debt is barred by the statute.
2nd. The exception to the direction given to the jury as to the effect of the lapse оf time, in obstructing the recovery, cannot be sustained.
The note, not being under seal, became due ou the day after its date, and then the statute ran its full course, Code §155, before the alleged payment by Miller on May 12, 1881, and this payment being made after thе bar had been interposed, cannot operate tо revive the obligation, and restore the lost remedy against the others, under the ruling in
Green
v.
Greensboro Female College,
While there is no error entitling the plaintiff to a new trial as to the three defendants, other than Miller, in so much of the action as seeks to recover upon the note as a subsisting debt, there is error in adjudging that they go without day.
The trust fund is undisposed of, and this the plaintiff has a l’ight to pursue, and recover so much as may be applicable to his secured debt, and in the disposition of this fund all of them have, and are admitted to have, a dirеct interest.
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They should therefore remain in the cause until the сontroversy in relation to it is settled. As to the enforcement оf the mortgage to secure it for the discharge of the note, and to the extent of what may be obtained from this source, thеre is no statutory bar. While the personal action is barred, thе action to enforce the mortgage is not, as decided in
Capehart
v.
Dettrick,
There is therefore error in the judgment in favor of the three dеfendants, that they go without day. This will be certified to the Court below tо the end that further proceedings be had in the Superior Court of Iredell, according to law, as declared in this opinion.
Error. Reversed.