Martin v. . Lewis

The only question presented is whether a judgment against a man and his wife jointly is a lien upon real estate held by them as tenants by the entirety.

When there is a judgment against only the husband or the wife, with us no lien attaches against the estate by the entirety, though it is otherwise in some States. This case presents for the first time in this Court the question whether, when the judgment is a joint judgment against the man and his wife, the property can be sold thereunder. Wherever this question has been passed upon in any jurisdiction, such judgment has always been held to be…