Hanks v. Pearce

Atkinson, Justice.

Section 2914 of the code, which declares how and in what manner and by what means a judgment may be saved from dormancy, has always heretofore received a liberal and equitable construction, the judges early departing from the letter of the statute and interpreting it according to its reason and spirit. Hence, during the long period of its existence as a statute, many occasions have arisen for its application to the facts of particular cases; and accordingly the decisions of this court have taken a wide range in treating this statute and applying it so as to give full force…