Legal Opinion

Gabel v. McMahan

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 5, 1879No. 578, Tex. L. J., vol. 2, p. 453Published

Appeal from Harris County.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

White, J.

§716. Dormant judgment; execution issued upon. By failure to issue execution within one year from the date of the rendition of the judgment, the judgment became dormant. The act of November 9, 1866, is not in conflict *392with, nor does it abrogate, this rule. The third section of that act, which provides that “no judgment of a court of record shall become dormant, unless ten years shall have elapsed between the issuance of executions,” was only intended to apply to cases where execution had issued in the first instance within twelve months. [Sampson v. Wyeth, 49 Tex. 627;…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Boggess v. HowardTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Jordan v. CorleyTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  3. North v. SwingTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Sampson v. WyettTexas Supreme Court · 1878

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