Chestnut v. McBride
Chestnut v. McBride
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
McBride recovered a judgment in this court against Rodham Chestnut, as executor of Samuel Chestnut, on which execution issued against Rodham Chestnut, to be levied of the goods and chattels, etc., of Samuel Chestnut, in his hands to be administered, which has been returned nulla bona. The executor filed no plea of fully administered, or 'of no assets, but permitted judgment to be rendered without plea.
The application now is, that we render judgment against Rodham Chestnut, to be levied of his own proper goods, etc. Assuming that by omitting to plead fully administered,. or no assets, the executor has subjected himself to liability for the amount of the judgment, upon the ground that his omission to put in the plea indicated was an admission of assets sufficient to pay the debt, the question arises as to the jurisdiction of this court to render the judgment asked for.
Our jurisdiction is only appellate, together with such .other jurisdiction as is proper and necessary in carrying out and consummating the judgments or decrees rendered by this court. This is not an application to enforce the judgment already rendered — that was a
We are of opinion that it would involve necessarily the exercise of original jurisdiction to render the judg-judgment asked for. We • are therefore constrained to refuse the application, and to dismiss the seire facias.
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