CHAP. 156.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3287 of chap-
ter 159 of the code of 1887, in relation to when judgment entered
in office to become final.

Approved February 4, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section thirty-two hundred and eighty-seven, of chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-nine of the code of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

§ 3287. Every judgment entered in the office in a case
wherein there is no order for an inquiry of damages, and
every non-suit or dismission entered therein, shall, if not
previously set aside, become a final judgment, if the case
be in @ circuit court, of the last day of the next term, or
the fifteenth day thereof (whichever shall happen firat ),
or if the case be in the circuit court of the city of Rich-
mond, and be matured at the rules and docketed during
the term of the court, of the last day of said term, and if
it be in a corporation court, of the last day of the next
term designated for the trial of civil cases in which juries
are required, or of the fifteenth day thereof (whichever
shall happen first), and have the same effect by way of
lien or otherwise as a judgment rendered in the court at
such term. Every such judgment for any plaintiff shall be
for the principal sum due, with interest thereon from the
time it became payable (or commenced bearing interest )
till payment, unless it be in such action as is mentioned
in section twenty-eight hundred and fifty-three, in which
case it shall be according to that section: provided, that
no judgment by default on a scire facias or summons, shal]
become final within two weeks after the service of such
process.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.