Barnes v. Groves

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Fulton

Reversing.

In the year 1935 the appellant, Richard Barnes, obtained a judgment for $25 in the Carroll Quarterly Court against the appellee, Howard Groves, as damages for personal injuries as a result of being run over by the appellant’s automobile. The judgment provided that capias ad satisfaciendum might issue. No appeal was taken from the judgment. In July, 1942 capias ad satisfaciendum was issued on the judgment and placed in the hands of the sheriff for execution.

Alleging the foregoing facts and further alleging that the judgment was void to the…