General American Life Insurance v. Cox

On March 24,1930, the Missouri State Life Insurance Company obtained a foreclosure decree that resulted in a deficiency judgment against the appellees. The judgment was assigned to the appellant in 1933. The question now is whether it has been kept in force by revivorship proceedings.

The facts are stipulated. A writ of scire facias was issued and served in June, 1939 — less than ten years after the entry of the judgment. The right to revive was not contested, but the order of revivor was not entered until November 23, 1942. Thereafter the judgment was again revived in 1945, without resistance…