Pipkin v. . Adams

Citations

• 19 S.E. 105
• 114 N.C. 201

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Lien—Expiration—Revivor.</p> <p>1. The statute (section 440 of The Code) contains no provision extending beyond ten years the lien of a judgment until a motion to revive it and to issue execution theron can be heard; therefore,</p> <p>2. Where a judgment creditor delays issuing execution until within a short time before the expiration of the lien of his judgment and then gives notice of a motion to revive and for leave to issue execution, and the motion is heard and execution issued after ten years from the date of the judgment, a purchaser at the execution sale of land gets no title as against one who bona fide bought the land during the ten years.</p>