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  "name": "MARY J. OSBORNE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GUILFORD COUNTY, Ex Rel. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, and JOE S. PHIPPS, Sheriff of Guilford County, North Carolina",
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      "MARY J. OSBORNE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GUILFORD COUNTY, Ex Rel. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, and JOE S. PHIPPS, Sheriff of Guilford County, North Carolina."
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        "text": "BkogdbN, J.\nDoes the statute of limitations bar the right to sell the land under execution?\nA judgment for a fine, duly docketed, constitutes a lien on the real estate of defendant (C. S., 4655), and such a lien attaches immediately upon the docketing of the judgment. C. S., 614. It is further provided by C. S., 437, that an action upon a judgment must be brought within ten years \u201cfrom the date of its rendition.\u201d Manifestly, land is not relieved of a judgment lien by the mere transfer of the debtor\u2019s title. Moses v. Major, 201 N. C., 613. But it has been held that \u201cthe lien upon lands of a docketed judgment is lost by the lapse of ten years from the date of the docketing, and this notwithstanding execution was begun but not completed before the expiration of ten years.\u201d Hyman v. Jones, 205 N. C., 266, 171 S. E., 103.\nThe facts in the case at bar disclose that the judgment against Lethco was duly docketed on 15 September, 1924. Execution was issued thereon and the land advertised for sale on 22 October, 1934, or more than ten years from the date of the rendition' and docketing of the judgment.\nThe defendant, however, asserts that the ten-year statute of limitations is tolled by reason of the fact that Lethco, the judgment debtor, fled the State in 1925, and as he is now a nonresident of the State, this period of nonresidence should not constitute a part of the ten years. In support of such contention the defendant relies upon C. S., 411, and C. S., 614. It is to be noted, however, that when the judgment was rendered Lethco was in the State and remained in the State several months after the judgment was docketed. Obviously, if Lethco was contesting the sale of the land under execution, the contention of defendant would be maintainable.\nThe land has been subject to sale under execution continuously since the rendition and docketing of the judgment, and the defendant has at all times had the right to have the land appropriated to the payment of the fine, but it has remained inactive until all the sand has run out of the glass, and the plaintiff\u2019s feet are now upon the rock.\nReversed.",
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        "author": "BkogdbN, J."
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      "Robert A. Merritt for plaintiff.",
      "B. L. Fentress and T). Newton FarneTl, Jr., for defendants."
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    "head_matter": "MARY J. OSBORNE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GUILFORD COUNTY, Ex Rel. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, and JOE S. PHIPPS, Sheriff of Guilford County, North Carolina.\n(Filed 1 January, 1935.)\n1. Judgments G a\u2014\nA judgment for, a fine, drily docketed, constitutes a lien on tlie real estate of defendant, C. S., 4655, wMcli lien attaches immediately upon the docketing of the judgment, O. S., 614.\na. Same\u2014\nAn action on a judgment must be brought within ten years from its rendition and docketing or the lien of the judgment against the lands of the judgment debtor is lost, C. S., 437, but transfer of the lands by the judgment debtor does not release the land of the lien.\n3. Same \u2014 Nonresidenc\u00e9 of judgment debtor does not affect running of statute against lien of judgment in favor of purchaser of the lands.\nWhere a judgment for a fine is rendered against a defendant residing in this State, and who remains in the State several months after the rendition and docketing of the judgment, the fact that thereafter the defendant left the State will not prevent the loss of the judgment lien by the lapse of ten years after the rendition and docketing of the judgment as against a purchaser of the land from the judgment debtor, C. S., 437, no execution on the judgment having been completed within the ten-year period, and the land having been subject to sale under execution continuously since the rendition and docketing of the judgment.\nCivil ACTION, before Alley, J., at October Criminal Term, 1934, of Guilford.\nW. F. Lethco owned in fee simple a forty-six-acre tract of land in Guilford County. At the September Term, 1924, of the criminal court for the county of Guilford, Lethco was convicted of a misdemeanor, sentenced to the roads for a term of two years, and fined the sum of $500.00 and costs. This judgment was docketed in the office of the' clerk of the Superior Court of Guilford County on 15 September, 1924.\nOn 15 December, 1924, Lethco conveyed said land to the plaintiff and received the purchase price thereof, amounting to $1,400.00. The trial judge found \u201cthat the plaintiff Mary J. Osborne, a citizen and resident of the State of North Carolina, bought said land without having the title examined or without actual knowledge of the judgment lien,\u201d etc. Lethco escaped from the roads of Guilford County on 25 June, 1925, and since said time \u201chas remained away from the State of North Carolina and is now a nonresident of the State of North Carolina.\u201d\nOn 4 September, 1934, the clerk of the Superior Court of Guilford County issued an execution against Lethco and pursuant to such execution the sheriff advertised the land for sale on 22 October, 1934. The plaintiff instituted this action, to restrain the sale, contending that the ten-year statute of limitations protected her title.\nThe trial judge vacated the restraining order and taxed the plaintiff with the cost, and from such judgment the plaintiff appealed.\nRobert A. Merritt for plaintiff.\nB. L. Fentress and T). Newton FarneTl, Jr., for defendants."
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