Figg v. Snook

This was a suit instituted by Snook and Binford, who were the plaintiffs, to obtain satisfaction of a judgment. The proceeding is founded upon a statutory *203enactment which provides that, when an execution is returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, and the judgment-creditor, after such return, files an affidavit with the clerk of any Court of record, &c., to the effect that the judgment-debtor has property, describing it, which he unjustly refuses to apply towards the satisfaction of the judgment, the Court shall issue an order requiring him to appear, &c., and on hearing the case, may order…