The statute is positive, that the execution; and officer’s return, must be recorded in the office of the clerk of the court from whence it issued, in order to complete the title; but this was not done by the defendant until mouths after the plain-tff’s title was perfected. There appears to be no fraud practiced by the plaintiff, he was vigilant in securing his debt; but there appears to be great inattention and gross negligence on the part of the defendant.