Hutcheson v. Grubbs

Citations

• 80 Va. 251
• 1885 Va. LEXIS 62

Syllabus

<p>3. Judgments — Decrees—Judgment creditors. — By Code 18715, chapter 182, sections 1 and 2, a decree for specific property or requiring payment of money, has the effect of a judgment, and persons entitled thereto are judgment creditors.</p> <p>2. Practice in Chancery — Statute of limitations. — Courts of equity follow the law as respects the statute of limitations. If a legal claim, barred at law, be asserted in equity, it is equally barred there.</p> <p>5!. Judgment Liens — Enforcement in equity. — Lien of judgment is a creature of statute, and cannot be enforced in equity after it ceases to be enforceable at law.</p> <p>4. Idem — Construction of statutes. — The language of the statute, Code 1878, chapter 182, section 8 : “The lien of a judgment may always be enforced in a court of equity,” implies only a purpose to confer juris*-diction on courts of equity to enforce the lien, whether the remedies at law are adequate or not. •</p>