Sutton v. McKenney

Decided April 22, 1886

Supreme Court of Virginia · decided 1886-04-22

McKenney, assignee of John Critcher, is complainant, and Susan Sutton, widow, and Walter, William, Lucelia, and Annie Sutton, children and heirs of William Sutton, deceased, and others, are defendants. The object of the suit was to enforce a judgment lien on land. The defendants (appellants here) pleaded the lapse of ten years between date of judgment and institution of this suit without issuance of execution.

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Decided 1886-04-22

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Lewis, P.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2It appears from the record that the judgment, the lien of which is sought to be enforced in this case, was recovered on the 22d day of October, 1868, and that no execution thereon has ever been issued. More than fourteen years after the rendition of the judgment, to wit, on the 31st day of January, 1883, the present suit was instituted, in which the defendants duly appeared and pleaded the statute of limitations. But the plea was overruled by the decree complained of.

¶3Upon the authority of the decision of this court in Hutcheson v. Grubbs, 80 Va. 251, we are of opinion that the plea ought to have been sustained. The decree will therefore be reversed, and an order entered here dismissing the bill.

¶4Decree reversed and bill dismissed.