O'Hara v. Manley, Exr.

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The prime questions raised by this appeal are whether an executor may confess a judgment against the estate of his decedent and whether a judgment so entered and indexed, within one year after death, in the judgment index in the county where the decedent resided and where his real estate was situated, is sufficient to continue the lien of such judgment against the real estate “longer than one year after the decease of such debtor.” In short, are the entry and indexing of a judgment confessed by the executor without more a sufficient compliance with §15 [a] of the…