Case Name: B. & H. Lanier v. James S. Smyth
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1831-05
Citations: 2 Bail. 359
Docket Number: 
Parties: B. & H. Lanier v. James S. Smyth.
Judges: O’Neall, J. and Harper, J. concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 359–359

Head Matter:
B. & H. Lanier v. James S. Smyth.
In scire facias to revive judgment, if the defendant neglect to enter an appearance, the plaintiff may sign judgment and sue out execution, without docketing the case, or entering an order for the purpose.

Opinion:
Johnson, J.
If the defendant appear, the plaintiff must file a declaration ; otherwise upon the return of scire feci, or two successive returns of nihil, he is intitled to sign judgment immediately. 2 Tidds' Pr. 1040. Com. Dig. Pleader, 3 L. 8, 9. in practice the cases are sometimes placed on the docket, and orders for reviving judgment are made as of course ; but no useful purpose is answered by it, and it is quite unnecessary.
O'Neall, J. and Harper, J. concurred.
Motion to reverse the decision of Mr. Justice Earle, at Lancaster, Spring Term, 1831, refused.