Butcher v. Brouwer

— A judgment debtor has appealed from an order directing the issuance of a writ of execution more than five years after the entry of judgment, and presents questions for decision which require a construction of the applicable statutes.

In 1929, following default in the payment of a trade acceptance executed upon the purchase of feed for dairy cattle, judgment was entered against the appellant Brouwer and his wife. Three and one-half years later, and after some partial payments had been made upon it, Sally Williams, the assignee, procured a writ of execution and levied upon property of the…