43 S.C. 348 | S.C. | 1895
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The facts of this case are so fully and clearly stated in the decree of the Circuit Court, rendered by his honor, Judge Watts (a copy of which should be incorporated in the report of the case), that it will be unnecessary to do more than make a very general statement here. . It seems that the plaintiff in the case above stated recovered a judgment against the defendant, which was duly entered on the 5th day of January, 1860. This judgment, it is claimed, was duly revived by proper proceedings on the 27th of July, 1866, but this claim is stoutly contested, and several of the questions presented by this appeal raise questions of the competency of,the evidence adduced to establish such claim, and as to the validity of that proceeding, if any such there was. It does appear, however, that on the 6th and 8th days of February, 1882, a summons was duly served upon the two administrators of the original judgment debtor, Peter W. Twitty, who had, in the meantime, departed this life intestate, calling upon them to show cause why “the original judgment should not be revived in favor of David A. Williams, as receiver of the estate of said James H. Witherspoon, deceased, according to the form, force, and effect of the former recovery, and why execution thereon should not be renewed.” In pursuance of this summons, on the 1st day of March, 1882, an order was granted by his honor, Judge Cothran, in the following words: “It appearing that the summons in this action has been duly served, and that no answer, demurrer, or notice of appearance has been put in, on motion of Moore & Moore, ordered, that the judgment within mentioned and described be revived in favor of David A. Williams, as receiver of the estate of James H. Witherspoon, deceased, according to the form, force, and effect of the former recovery, and that said receiver have leave to issue execution thereon.” In conformity with this order, it appears from the book of “Pleadings and Judgment,” that on the 8th of March, 1882, a formal judgment of revival was duly entered as authorized by said order.
The judgment of this court is, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.