LaRosa v. Johnston

HOWELL, Chief Judge:

This is an action by Linda LaRosa to collect funds to satisfy a judgment against Debra Johnston. The master-in-equity ordered that the judgment be paid after the ten year statute of limitations on LaRosa’s judgment expired. Johnston appeals the master’s decision. We reverse.

I

LaRosa obtained a default judgment for $5,744.00 against Johnston which the Richland County Clerk of Court filed on March 11, 1986. Johnston did not have the funds to satisfy the judgment. In 1989, however, Johnston stood to inherit enough money from her mother’s will to pay LaRosa’s judgment. Before…