Sinkett v. Wunder
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
[THE decision in this case was made under the act of the 4th of April 1798, Puri. Dig., tit. Judgments. So much only of the opinion of the court is reported, as is applicable to the act of March 26th, 1827. Pamph. Laws 129.]
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court
(Barnes, President; Halloweli,, J.; and Coxe, J.)
was delivered by
Barres, President.
JThe lien of the judgment and the light to *362an execution upon it are not convertible terms. There may be a lien of the judgment and yet no right to an execution : there may be a right of execution and yet no lien of the judgment. A judgment binds real property though the debt secured by it is not due, and though it does not fall due during the five years, and of course no right to execution ever existed upon it. So that the lien may at(acl) and expire, unless revived according to the…
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