Rowe's Adm'r v. Habdy's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the Circuit Court of Gloucester county, pronounced July 15, 1893, and April 19, 1897, respectively, in a suit in chancery under the style of Marchant v. Rowe’s Adm’r, wherein the appellee proved his-debt against the appellant, Rowe’s Adm’r.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
It is asserted that the court erred in not holding that the judgment of the ■appellee was barred by the statute of limitations.
The plea of the statute was based upon the contention that more than ten years had elapsed since the date of the judgment, without an execution having been issued upon it on which there was a valid return by an officer.
The judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court of Gloucester county at its October term, 1869, and a writ of fieri facias issued upon it on Rovember 24, 1869, returnable to February rules 1870. It went into the hands of the sheriff of Gloucester county…
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