20 N.C. 169 | N.C. | 1838
No position can be more firmly established than that the judgments of a Court of Record, on whatever day of the term they may in fact be rendered, in
But the controversy in this case does not depend upon the relation of the judgment. The defendant is protected by the writ of fieri facias, and he is not bound to show any judgment. Coles v. Mitchell, 3 Lev. 20. It is sufficient for - his defence that he has acted in obedience to a mandate proceeding from a Court of competent authority. The fieri facias was tested of the first day of the term, and it is not to be questioned but that, at common law, the goods of^a defendant are bound from the teste of & fieri facias, and may by virtue thereof be taken in execution by the Sheriff in the hands of a person who had bona fide purchased them since the teste of the writ. In England the statute of 29 Chas. II. has provided that, against purchasers, no writ of execution shall bind the goods but from the time such writ was delivered to the Sheriff. We however have no such statute here, and therefore with us the writ binds against all persons from the teste, as it yet does in England where purchasers are not concerned.
The counsel for the plaintiff has objected that it does not appear that the fieri facias was returned by the' Sheriff. Whatever weight the objection might have, if it appeared that the writ had not been returned, the Court is of opinion that this case is not open to the objection. It is manifest that the sole question presented for decision upon the facts agreed is, whether the fieri facias or the conveyance to the
This Court being of opinion that the execution did bind from its teste, and that teste being prior to the registration of the deed, it follows that the judgment below must be reversed and judgment upon the case agreed be rendered for the defendant.
Per Curiam. Judgment reversed.