Porter's Lessee v. Cocke

Per Judge Brown.

The questions presented for determination by this case are, first, is a judgment a lien oh the lands of the debtor; sec*24ond, if a judgment be a lien on the lands of a debtor, in what manner may this lien be suspended or discharged; and, thirdly, if Porter’s judgment was not a lien, or that lien were by any means destroyed before the sale under his judgment, and if the sale to Thomas Cocke was fraudulent, whether he is not protected by the statute of limitations ?

By the common law, lands and tenements were not subject to be taken in execution at the suit of a common person,…