Estate of Stonecipher v. Estate of Butts

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

This case has been in and out of the courts since 1950 when L.W. Stonecipher obtained a judgment against Thomas and Irene Butts for $21,080.36. Only $5,000 was paid on the judgment and during discovery proceedings to ascertain assets subject to execution of the judgment, Thomas Butts testified that he had conveyed 160 acres of Louisiana land to his banker, Elmer Newman, shortly before trial. Irene Butts testified she did not have, either before or after the trial, assets subject to execution. Stonecipher did not extend the judgment and it became dormant in 1961.