Delsman v. Wilcox

A lien upon the property of a judgment debtor exists by authority of the statute. The lien is not created by the judgment entry in the court journal nor the pronouncement of the court, but by the entry in the judgment docket: Section 205, Or. L.; Western Sav. Co. v. Currey, 39 Or. 407 (65 Pac. 360, 87 Am. St. Rep. 660); Stannis v. Nicholson, 2 Or. 332. The lien of the judgment of plaintiff against the defendant Wilcox, created by the re-entry in the judgment docket on January 12, 1912, therefore expired on January 12, 1922, unless the language in the order made on that date operates to…