Endicott-Johnson Corporation v. Davis

'Smith, J.

Appellant recovered a judgment in the Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District, against A. H. Metcalf in the sum of $549.46, upon which an execution was issued in due form on October 10, 1925. The execution was delivered by the clerk to the attorney for the judgment creditor, who, on the same day, sent it by registered mail to S. J. Davis, then the sheriff of the county, accompanied by a letter directing him to serve and return the execution according to law. A postal money order .for $1.60 was inclosed in this letter to cover the sheriff’s fees.

The sheriff returned the execution to…