Doe ex dem. Cooper v. Harter

An opinion was given in this case at the November term, 1848 (1.) in which the judgment of the Court below was held to be erroneous, It was an action of ejectment, in which the plaintiff in error claimed title by virtue of a sheriff’s deed made pursuant to a sale under execution. The defendant contended that the proceedings were void, and conferred no title on the purchaser. The most serious objection, urged to them, was, that the execution had issued upon dormant judgments, which had not been revived by scire facias. It was held, in the opinion referred to, that executions so issued were…