Carter-Moss Lumber Co. v. Short

The sole question here presented is whether or not a judgment based on the foreclosure of a materialman’s lien is exempt from the operation of the dormant judgment acts as codified in part in Code § 110-1001 as follows: “A judgment shall become dormant and shall not be enforced . . 2. Unless entry is made on the execution by an officer authorized to levy and return the same and such entry and the date thereof are entered by the clerk on the general execution docket within seven years after the issuance of the execution and its record; or 3. Unless a bona fide public effort on the part of the…