Galt v. Todd
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment on a sci. fa. to revive a judgment. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This is a case of a scire facias to revive a judgment.
Read the full summary
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment on a sci. fa. to revive a judgment. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This is a case of a scire facias to revive a judgment. The original judgment, according to the recitals in the writ of scire facias, was recovered against three defendants, William B. Todd, Edward M. Nourse, and Frank E. Middleton, on the 3d day of July, 1878. The scire facias in this case was issued against the three defendants on the 20th day of April, 1894 — nearly sixteen years after the date of the judgment. The scire facias makes no recitals of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
The question is, from what time did the Statute of Limitations begin to run as against the judgment rendered on the 3d day of July, 1878? The act of limitations is the old Maryland statute of 1715, Oh. 23, Sec. 6, in force in this District. By the sixth section of that act it is provided that “ No bill, bond, judgment, recognizance, statute merchant, or of the staple, or other specialty whatsoever, except, etc., . . . shall be good and pleadable, or admitted in evidence against any person or persons of this province, after the principal debtor and creditor have been both dead twelve years, or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mullikin ex rel. Union Bank v. DuvallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1835
3Cited by4 opinions
- Mayo v. MayoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Strand v. FrenkelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Nina Schwartz Irrevocable Trust v. Jacqueline IngramWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2016
- Williams v. MartinezDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016