Hughes v. . Thomas

Was tbe judgment rendered in Jackson County on 10 November, 1916, and not docketed in Swain County until May, 1929, dead when docketed?

If tbe judgment was dead when docketed in Swain County, then tbe act of docketing in such county did not breathe into it tbe breath of life. Tbe defendant, however, contends tbat tbe judgment was not a final judgment for tbe reason that it created a lien “payable out of such interest as sbe may bave or be entitled to in tbe estate of her grandfather, W. H. Tbomas, Sr., and payable only out of any sum which may be due or hereafter become due to ber from her…