350 JURIES. [ART. 50.
9. Any plaintiff in a judgment rendered on a joint and several
bond, penal or single bill, may levy the amount of said judgment
upon either of the defendants therein.
10. A judgment rendered against one or more members of a
partnership, or one or more persons jointly liable on any bill,
bond, covenant, promissory note, bill of exchange, contract, or
agreement whatsoever, less than the whole number of partners
or persons so bound, shall not work an extinguishment or
merger of the cause of action on which such judgment may have
been rendered, as respects the liability of the partners or persons
not bound by such judgment; and they shall remain liable to be
sued as if their original responsibility had been joint and several;
Provided, that but one satisfaction of the debt or demand shall
be made.
11. If any joint defendant in an action ex contractu dies
either before or after judgment, his executor and heirs shall be
bound in the same manner as if a separate action had been
pending, or a separate judgment been rendered against such
defendant.
JOINT TENANCY.
12. No deed, devise or other instrument of writing shall be
construed to create an estate in joint tenancy, unless in such
deed, devise or other instrument of writing, it is expressly pro-
vided that the property thereby conveyed is to be held in joint
tenancy
ARTICLE L.
Juries.
QUALIFICATION AND EXEMPTION OF JURORS.
SEC. 1. No person shall be summoned and returned upon a
panel as a juror who may not have arrived at the age of twenty-
five years.
2. No judge of the Orphans' Court shall be summoned to
serve as a juror in any case whatever.
|