Copeland v. Pope

1. “A judgment shall become dormant and shall not be enforced: 1. When seven years shall elapse after the rendition of the judgment before execution is issued thereon and entered on the general execution docket of the county wherein such judgment was rendered . . .” Code § 110-1001.

2. The above statute of limitations upon the enforcement of a judgment begins to run from the time when the judgment could be first enforced, which, in the case of a judgment which is appealed to this court and affirmed, is the time when the remittitur from this court is filed with the clerk of the trial court.…