Hall v. Hudson

Jan 15, 1852
Reporters:
Before:
Goldthwaite
GOLDTHWAITE, J.

The legal issue upon the plea of nul tiel record was, in the ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍opinion of the court, correctly determined. The Orphans’ Court was a court of record, and the entry of the judge, however full it might be, did ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍not be*287come tbe judgment of the court until entered of record. 3 Blackstone’s Com. 24. The statute (Clay’s Digest, 304, § 42) was not intended to alter this ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍rule, but to authorize the issue of executions against an executor or administrator for the amount decreed, after it had become the judgment of the court, ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍as in case of judgments at law.

•’ We do not, by this decision, determine that a judgment of the Orphans’ Court can be revived by scire facias, understanding ‍​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍the counsel to waive all other points than the one determined.

The judgment is affirmed.