If execution issues on a judgment recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant and the executing officer returns the same marked “No property to be found,” a fi. fa. may issue against the plaintiff for the purpose of recovering the costs from him; and, if the plaintiff resides outside the state, the fi. fa. shall issue against his attorney also.
History. Laws 1842, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 507; Code 1863, § 3611; Code 1868, § 3636; Code 1873, § 3686; Code 1882, § 3686; Civil Code 1895, § 5395; Civil Code 1910, § 5993; Code 1933, § 24-3411.