Legal Opinion

Wrightman v. Boone County

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 27, 1898No. 1,038PublishedCited by 29 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

On April G, 1897, George W. Wright-man, the plaintiff in error, sued out a writ of scire facias to revive a judgment which he had recovered in the court below on May 13, 1880, against Boone county, in the state of Arkansas, the defendant in error. The county answered, among other things, that the scire facias was not issued until after more than 10 years had elapsed from the rendition of the judgment, that the judgment had never been revived, that more than 10 years had elapsed since the last payment was made thereon, and that the action was barred by the statute of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Vance v. VanceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. M'iver, Lessees v. RaganSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
  3. Madden v. Lancaster CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
  4. Shreve v. CheesmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  5. President of the Bank of Alabama v. DaltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1850

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  2. Omaha Water Co. v. City of OmahaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  3. United States v. Ninety-Nine DiamondsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  4. Pikes Peak Power Co. v. City of Colorado SpringsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  5. Lynch v. Alworth-Stephens Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923

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