26-1-107 - Setting aside satisfaction after recovery of property by defendant.
26-1-107. Setting aside satisfaction after recovery of property by defendant.
In all cases in which property, real or personal, is recovered from the purchaser at execution or master's sale, by the defendant, heirs or representatives of the defendant, or by third persons, the court rendering the judgment or making the sale, may, in its discretion, upon application of such purchaser, and scire facias sued out, set aside the satisfaction entered, and revive the original judgment or decree for the benefit of the purchaser.
[Code 1858, § 2996 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 119); Shan., § 4726; Code 1932, § 8860; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-108.]