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1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.
2. The costs of lawsuit shall be borne by the Plaintiff.
Reasons
1. Facts of recognition;
A. On September 29, 2005, D borrowed KRW 50 million from the Plaintiff as of November 28, 2005, under the Defendant’s joint and several sureties’s joint and several liability.
B. On February 6, 2007, D drafted a promissory note No. 10 million won at par value, issue date, January 30, 2007, and March 31, 2007, for the payment of the above loan.
C. From October 31, 2014 to April 30, 2019, the Defendant paid to the Plaintiff KRW 5 million in total by 500,000,000 among 50 times.
[Grounds for recognition] The descriptions of Gap evidence Nos. 1, 3, and 5, and the purport of the whole pleadings
2. According to the above facts finding as to the cause of the claim, the defendant, as a joint and several surety, is obligated to pay the remaining loan amount of KRW 45 million and delay damages to the plaintiff, unless there are special circumstances.
3. Judgment on the defendant's defense
A. As to the defense of performance, the defendant asserted that D repaid the entire obligation of the above borrowed money, but there is no evidence to acknowledge the above assertion, and the defense is without merit.
B. 1) As to the defense of extinctive prescription, the Defendant asserts that the Defendant’s debt owed to the Plaintiff, which is the principal debt, was extinguished due to the expiration of the extinctive prescription period. 2) Even if the extinctive prescription of the principal debt was interrupted, the extinctive prescription of the principal debt is not interrupted. In a case where the principal debt is extinguished due to the expiration of the extinctive prescription period, the principal debt shall be naturally extinguished according to the nature of the principal debt regardless of the interruption of prescription of the principal debt (see Supreme Court Decision 2000Da62476, May 14, 2002). In light of such legal principles, as seen earlier, the Defendant, as a joint and several surety, partly repaid to the Plaintiff a joint and several surety debt owed by the Defendant until April 30, 2019, the extinctive prescription of the Plaintiff’s joint and several surety credit against the Defendant
As such, the defendant is required to do so.