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A bond of borrowed money granted by Johnston being desired to be reduced, because it was granted by him, being minor, and to his lesion, and was revoked intra annos utiles, and the action foresaid of reduction intented thereupon; and the defender alleging, that it was not reducible, because after his majority he had paid annualrent to the creditor for this sum, whereby he had ratified the same bond; the Lords found this allegeance relevant, for payment of the annualrent by him after he was major was found to be a ratification of the bond, which excluded all action of reduction upon minority and lesion, albeit the annualrent was paid for obedience of letters of horning upon that bond, which bore an obligement of annualrent, which the pursuer alleged he had necessity to obey, and that it was not a voluntary act, which was not respected, seeing he might have suspended the charges, which not being done, was a ratification of the bond.
