Legal Opinion

Lupton v. . Edmundson

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 15, 1941PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWiNBORNB, J.

Does the institution of an action to foreclose the lien of a judgment, nothing else appearing, suspend the ten-year statute of limitation, O. S., 614, relating to the lien of such judgment? The answer is No.

It is provided by this statute that a judgment, when docketed in Superior Court, becomes a lien on the real property which the judgment debtor then has in the county where the same is docketed, or “which he acquires at any time, for ten years from the date of the rendition of the judgment.”

The same statute further provides that “the time during which the party recovering or owning such…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Spicer v. . GambillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
  2. Pasour v. . RhyneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
  3. Lyon v. . RussSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  4. Pipkin v. . AdamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  5. Rogers v. . KimseySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. McCullen v. DurhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  2. McCullen v. . DurhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  3. Reid v. BristolSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  4. Page v. MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  5. Gildea v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Utah Supreme Court · 2015

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