Green v. Mann
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia overruling a demurrer to a writ of scire facias issued by that court to revive a judgment of a justice of the peace docketed in that court under the provisions of section 1022, R. S. D. 0. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice An vet
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The question presented by this appeal is one of practice, and is of practical importance asi to the effect to be given to judgments of justices of the peace of this District, when filed in the clerk’s office of the Supreme Court of the District for the purpose of creating a lien upon the real estate of the debtor, and authorizing execution thereon. The question arises upon the construction of section 1022 of the Devised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia. That section is as follows:
“After judgment for a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jackson ex dem. Witherell & Hyde v. JonesNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Green v. LeymerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
3Cited by1 opinion
- Paley v. SolomonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1945