66 Ga. 78 | Ga. | 1880
On 13th February, 1868, Sarah Towns, defendant in error, in the county court'of Fulton county, recovered a judgment against plaintiff in error for $113.05, besides interest and costs. On 29th February, 1868, fi.fa. issued on said judgment. On 29th February, 1875, said judgment became dormant, no entry having been made on the execution within seven years next ensuing the issung thereof.
On 25th February, 1878, plaintiff sued out a scire
1. Because the original judgment was dormant.
2. Because he never had been legally served in said, ■suit.
3. Because the revived judgment was not a valid judgment — the said judgment not having been rendered, within three years from the date when said original judgment had become dormant.
4. Because said defendant on 21st March, 1874, was •adjudged a bankrupt, and was discharged finally from all his debts on 1st day of Feburary, 1877, and pleading said certificate in discharge in bar.
At the spring term, 1880, said cause was, by consent of counsel, agreed to be submitted to Hon. George Hillyer, the judge presiding, to try both the law and facts presented in said affidavit of illegality without the intervention of a jury.
On hearing the same said affidavit of illegality was ■overruled on all the grounds therein stated, the same dismissed and said fi.- fa. ordered to proceed. To this judgment plaintiff in error excepted, and assigns the same as error.
Code, §2914, provides that “dormant judgments may be revived by scire facias or be sued 011 within three yedrs
Let the judgment of the court below be affirmed.