McMullen v. Waters

VAN ORSDEU, Associate Justice.

Appellee, plaintiff below, obtained a judgment by default in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on December 2, 1910, against fine S. Emma Waugh. At the time the judgment was rendered Waugh was seized and possessed of certain real estate' in this district. Thereafter Waugh conveyed the real estate to her son, who in turn sold it to appellant McMullen; *1009the appellant, so far as the record discloses, being the purchaser for full value without knowledge of the lien of the judgment.

No action was taken on the judgment until July 28, 1922, when plaintiff,…