Ledgerwood v. Pickett's Heirs

OPINION OP

THE COURT.

In 1798 a judgment was obtained in favor of Pickett for a certain tract of land, but no writ of •possession was issued on the judgment The demise -in the declaration was laid at ten years, and expired in 1808. Twenty-two years after this, a notice was served by the attorney for the devisees of Pickett on William Mitchell, that the court would be moved to amend the demise by inserting a new one; and at the ensuing May term, 1830, the demise was amended, on motion, by extending it to fifty years. Mitchell on whom the notice was served had no interest in the premises, and…