Reaves & Co. v. J. A. Long & Brother

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

The result of this proceeding depends on the authority of the court to make an order reviving a judgment without the consent of the judgment debtor more than a year after it had become *701dormant. The judgment in question was obtained before a justice of the peace November 26, 1892, and on it an execution was issued and returned on November 28, 1892. No other steps toward its enforcement, or to keep it alive, were taken, and it became dormant on November 28, 1897. A proceeding to revive the judgment was begun before a justice of the peace on…