Case Name: Cathcart against Potterfield
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1836-05
Citations: 5 Watts 163
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cathcart against Potterfield.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Volume: 5
Pages: 163–163

Head Matter:
Cathcart against Potterfield.
The period from which the lien of a judgment runs» is not fiom the return of the scire facias, but from the date of the judgment of revival.
APPEAL from the decree of the common pleas of Dauphin county, distributing the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of Robert Potterfield, Sen.
The only question which arose in this case was, whether a scire facias post annum, et diem issued within five years from the rendition of a judgment upon a former scire facias, and after the period of five years had elapsed from the return day of the writ, would preserve the lien of the judgment. The court (Blythe, President) ruled that it would.
M’Kinney, for appellant,
cited Arrison v. The Commonwealth, 1 Watts 397; Penn v. Hamilton, 2 Watts 53; Vitry v. Dauci, 3 Rawle 9; 3 Penns. Rep. 229.
H. Jllricks and M’Clure, contra,
cited Pennock v. Hart, 8 Serg. & Rawle 369 ; Commonwealth v. M’Kisson, 13 Serg. & Rawle 148.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The point in contest was determined in the case of Meason's Estate, 4 Watts 342, where it was held that the period of five years runs, not from the return of the scire facias, but from the judgment of revival — a decision that rules the point raised here.
Decree affirmed.