Crutchfield v. . Foster

The defendant alleges and contends that the judgment pleaded by him under which his land was sold by the sheriff and purchased by the plaintiff is an attempt to impose a lien on his property for the security of an attorney’s fee and is a nullity. No issues were submitted to a jury. The cause was apparently disposed of by the court below as upon a motion for judgment upon the pleadings, which admits the matters set up in defense, but challenges the sufficiency thereof to bar plaintiff’s recovery. Barnes v. Trust Co., 194 N. C., 371, 139 S. E., 689; Pridgen v. Pridgen, 190 N. C., 102, 129 S.…