Raymond v. Farrell

Citations

• 28 Del. 394
• 5 Boyce 394
• 93 A. 905
• 1915 Del. LEXIS 20

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgment—Revival—Scire Facias—Effect on Estate of Owner or Donee.</p> <p>Under Rev. Code o/1915, §§ 4293,4296,4300, limiting the duration of judgment liens upon real estate to ten years, and providing for their renewal by scire facias, a judgment lien on land may be revived as against the original owner of such land, or his heir or devisee, even though the latter’s estate vested after such lien was lost or interrupted.</p> <p>2. Judgment—Revival—Scire Facias Against Terre Tenant—Statute—Tenant Purchaser for Value—Sufficiency of Evidence.</p> <p>In action by scire facias to renew a judgment lien against land owned by a widow terre tenant of her husband’s, the judgment debtor’s realty, evidence held insufficient to show that such widow was a bona fide purchaser for value within Rev. Code o/1915, §§4293,4296,4308, limiting in duration and providing for renewal by scire facias of judgment liens, and regulating the rights of purchasers for value, judgment creditors and mortgagees.</p>