Dabney v. Shelton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Goochland county, rendered November 7th, 1883, in the proceeding by scire facias to revive a judgment of said court in favor of the defendant in error, Shelton, against the plaintiff in error, Dabney. The judgment was adverse to Dabney, and he procured a writ of' error and supersedeas from a judge of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court •of Goochland county, rendered on the 7th day of November; 1883, in a proceeding by scire facias to revive a judgment then pending in that court.
The judgment in question was recovered on the 8th day of April, 1868, against the plaintiff in error, as surety for Peter Guerrant. On this judgment no execution has issued, and no scire facias was sued out to revive the judgment until after the expiration of ten years from its date, to wit, December, 1878. This was too late under our statute, sections 12 and 13, ch. 182, V. C. Opinion of…
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