26 S.E. 43 | N.C. | 1896
There is no question as to the identity of the plaintiff, M. R. Patterson, named in the judgment with R. M. Patterson, who now moves to revive the judgment. Both the mover and the defendant swear to that effect and the judge finds it to be a fact. The judgment might well, therefore, have been revived in the name of M. R. (501) Patterson, and the sheriff, when the money was collected, would have to pay it over to R. M. Patterson, though styled M. R. Patterson in the judgment upon being satisfied of the identity of the person. A similar instance is where an execution is issued in the name of a feme sole, and on the return of the execution she has changed her name by marriage. Names are to designate persons, and where the identity is certain a variance in the name is immaterial. Gibbs v.Fuller,
AFFIRMED.
AVERY, J., did not sit on the hearing of this case.
Cited: Heyer v. Rivenbark,