BROGDEN PRODUCE COMPANY v. Stanley

The law requires that executions “shall be returnable to the court from which they were issued not more than 90 days from the date of issue.” G.S. 1-310. The term return implies that the process is taken back, with such endorsements as the law requires, to the place from which it originated. Watson v. Mitchell, 108 N.C. 364, 12 S.E. 836. The execution with which we are concerned was issued on August 5, 1965, and it was made returnable within 60 days, that is, on or before October 4, 1965. Sheriff Oliver stipulates that he did not return the execution “until sometime after the 4th day of…