Pettit v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
■ Ayypeal from GMeot Gvrouit Gowri in Glicmoery.. Hon. Josiaii Hould, Circuit Judge..! If tbe levy on these lands: under tbe execution of Johnson was regular,.tlie lien of tbe judgment was wholly independent of the levy. As long as the-lien lasted, there was no need of a levy,, and, by allowing the judgment lien to- expire, the lien of. Johnson was -entirely gone.
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■ Ayypeal from GMeot Gvrouit Gowri in Glicmoery.. Hon. Josiaii Hould, Circuit Judge..! If tbe levy on these lands: under tbe execution of Johnson was regular,.tlie lien of tbe judgment was wholly independent of the levy. As long as the-lien lasted, there was no need of a levy,, and, by allowing the judgment lien to- expire, the lien of. Johnson was -entirely gone. The lien of the judgment continued only three years from the date of the judgmentand was not continued in force by the levy of the execution. Trcvpnall vs. Jiichardson, Waterman c& Gon 13 Ark. 543. By the deed, to Petit & Ford, no…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice WalKEk
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.
The material facts, upon which tbe equity of this case rests, are, that Thomas Ware, who owned several tracts of land and lots in tbe county of Chicot, in which be then resided, was indebted to a number of persons. Amongst others, be owed Abner Johnson $1,344 36, who, on the 10th of December, 1841, obtained judgment thereon; and to Silas Craig a debt of $2,677, in State bonds; to secure the payment of which, be executed to Craig a deed of mortgage on several of tlie tracts of land so owned, .duly acknowledged and recorded on the 24-th of March, 1843. And to…
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