TABLE OF CASES REPORTED IN THE FIRST EIGHTEEN VOLUMES WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTED UPON BY APPELLATE COURTS. PAGE PAGE Danenbaum v. Mandelbaum, XVI, 502, ....... . XVIII, 284 .XVIII, 176 Bowen v. Mandeville, XVI, 352, Affirm- Gilbert v. Comstock, XIII, 166, Reversed XVIII, 101 .XVIII, 419 XVIII, 134 .XVIII, 159 .XVIII, 75 .XVIII, 521 Callahan v. Bancroft, XVI, 367, Affirmed, .XVIII, 549 versed..... Clark v. Mackin, XVIII, 250, Modified, .XVIII, 508 Grandin v. Hernandez, XVII, 88, Affirmed, Feb. 5, 1884. No opinion. Gray v. The Supervisors of Tompkins Co., XIV., 152, Affirmed......XVIII, 100 Guilleaume v. Rowe, XIV, 196, Affirmed, .XVIII, 196 Hall v. The U. S. Reflector Co., XVIII, 7, Appeal dismissed, Feb. 8, 1884. No opinion. Hallenbeck v. Donnell, XVII, 10, Re XVIII, 365 ...XVIII, 76 Hancock v. Rand, XIII, 208, Affirmed, Affirmed, March 21, 1884. In re accounting of Hughes, Reversed...... XVI, 268, ..XVIII, 453 In re accounting of Jackson, XVI, 345, Affirmed...... .XVIII, 433 In re application of Clement, XVII, 431, Affirmed, March 4, 1884. No opinion. In re application of Cooper, XVI, 291, Appeal dismissed....... .XVIII, 28 In re application of The Cortland & Homer RR. Co., XVIII, 163, Affirmed, March 21, 1881. No opinion. In re Macauley, XV, 519, Affirmed, .XVIII, 445 In re The Columbia Ins. Co., XVII, 406, Affirmed December 4, 1883. No opinion. In re The N. Y., W. S. & B. RR. Co. v. In re The N. Y., W. S. & B. RR. Co., v. In re will of Cottrell, XVIII, 167, Affirm- In re will of Gouraud, XVI, 265, Re- 117, Reversed,...... ....XVIII, 422 Knapp v. Roche, X, 187, Reversed, ..XVIII, 324 Langdon v. The Mayor, &c., of N. Y., XVI,, 289, Affirmed.. ...XVIII, 37 Laytin v. Davidson, XVII, 18, Affirmed, XVIII, 564 Leavitt v. Wolcott, XVII, 74, Reversed, ..XVIII, 500 Loomis v. White, XVI, 407, Affirmed, Feb. 26, 1884. No opinion. Luffman v. Hoy, XIII, 324, Affirmed, Nov. 20, 1883. No opinion. .XVIII, 102 TABLE OF CASES AFFIRMED, &c. xiii The People v. McKeon, XVI, 347, Affirmed, Jan. 22, 1834. No opinion. The People v. Smith, XVI, 238, Affirmed, Jan. 22, 1884. No opinion. PAGE Yonkers Gaslight Co., XIV, 95, Affirmed, Dec. 4 1883. No opinion. Thorne v. Turck, XIII, 550, Affirmed, PAGE .XVIII, 200 Todd v. Weber, XVII, 72, Affirmed, XVIII, 496 Tozer v. The N. Y. C. & H. R. RR. Co., XVII, 370, Affirmed, Feb. 5, 1884. No opinion. Vick v. The N. Y. C. & H. R. RR. Co., Co., XVI, 186, Reversed... . XVIII, 542 Weed v. Root, XIV, 90, Affirmed, XVIII, 316 Whitford v. Laidler. XIII, 139, Revers 3 ed... Whitney v. Lebenheim, XIV, 415, Affirmed, Jan. 29, 1884. No opinion. Wilder v. Ranney, XVI, 478, Affirmed, .XVIII, 400 Woodruff v. The Erie R. Co., XIII, 162, Reversed.. Wooster v. Kisch, XIII, 497, Affirmed, Nov. 27, 1883. No opinion. Younger v. Duffie, XVI, 35, Affirmed, XVIII, 197 XVIII, 366 The People ex rel. Smith v. The Trustees THE NEW YORK WEEKLY DIGEST. VOLUME XVIII. BAR. N. Y. COURT OF APPEALS. Candee, respt., v. Smith, exrx., applt. Decided Oct. 2, 1883. Prior to the passage of 1278 of the Code a judgment by confession against one joint debtor was a bar to an action against the others. On October 4, 1874, plaintiff, who was payee and holder of a joint promissory note, took judgment thereon by confession against C., one of the makers. Upon an execution issued thereon he collected a portion by a sale of C.'s property. In July, 1877, plaintiff brought this action against all the makers to recover the balance of said note remaining unpaid. S., defendant's testator, alone appeared. He set up that he was a mere surety for the defendant C. and was discharged from liability by the Vol. 18.-No. 1. judgment against C. and the subsequent proceedings of plaintiff thereunder. Upon the trial plaintiff proved his note and rested. Defendant then moved to dismiss the complaint, which motion was denied. The court found that plaintiff was entitled to recover. Adelbert Moot, for applt. J. M. Humphrey, for respt. Held, That plaintiff having elected to prosecute one of the joint makers of the note and proceeded to judgment against him, the note as to all the parties became thereupon merged in the judgment and no right of action survived to the holder as against any of the joint makers omitted by him in the original prosecution. This action was tried before the enactment of $1278 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which was enacted in 1880 and provides that a judgment by confession against one joint debtor should |