66 Md. 132 | Md. | 1886
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The record also shows that on the 28th day of March, 1884, notice of sci. fa. on lien was published in two weekly newspapers in Baltimore County, for the period of three weeks, prior to the 3rd Monday of May, 1884.
On May 19, 1884, there was an entry of fiat nisi; and on September 8th, 1884, judgment fiat executio. On the 22nd of September, 1884, the1 appellant filed a petition, invoking an exercise of the discretionary power of the Court and asking it to strike out the judgments. This motion was set down for hearing and on the 5th day of December, 1885, the petition was dismissed, but at the same time the judgment fiat executio was stricken out. On the 17th day of April, 1886, judgment was extended in favor of plaintiff for $389.92, with interest from date, and costs, and on the same day judgment fiat executio was entered on motion of plaintiff’s attorney. On the 20th of April, 1886, after final judgment had thus been entered, the appellant filed a motion in arrest of judgment. The motion was overruled and from this determination of thé Court below an appeal has been taken.
There can be no doubt that, if a motion in arrest had been made subsequently to the judgment by default and antecedently to the entry of final judgment, the motion
But this motion in arrest was filed after the rendition of a final judgment. It therefore comes too late. What judicial action is invoked by the interposition of a motion in arrest? The party presenting the motion asks the Court not to enter final judgment because of some supposed defect in the proceedings which he undertakes to make apparent. But the judgment having been already entered, if he wishes to have it removed from the record, he must endeavor to accomplish that result by a motion to strike out.
But the record shows that this appeal is from the decision of the Court below overruling a motion in arrest of judgment filed after a final judgment had been entered
Ruling affirmed.