Estate of Stonecipher v. Estate of Butts

KEITH, Justice.

Plaintiff below appeals from a judgment non obstante veredicto which denied a recovery in his suit upon a rejected claim against defendants predicated upon a dormant judgment. We affirm.

On December 20, 1950, L. W. Stonecipher recovered a judgment against Thomas and Irene Butts and the Yellow Cab Company (a partnership owned by Thomas and Irene) for the sum of $21,080.36 with interest in the District Court of Orange County, Texas, in Cause No. 9948. Thereafter, on May 1, 1951, Stonecipher had executions issued on the judgment and the writs delivered to the sheriff of Orange…