1906 SHERIFFS. [ART. 87

pose, the court may cause judgment to be entered in the nanie
of the plaintiff against such sheriff for the amount of the judg-
ment recited in such execution, which judgment shall have the
same affect as a judgment rendered on verdict.

1888, art. 87, sec. 13. 1860, art 88, sec. 17. 1794, ch. 54. sec. 4.

13. The court, on motion, shall order a sheriff to make
return of any original writ or writ of execution, unless such
sheriff shall satisfy the court by his oath or otherwise that the
said writ was not received by him or, to his knowledge, by any
of his deputies.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1860, art. 88, sec. 18. 1794, ch. 54, sec. 3.

14. If a sheriff shall pay to the plaintiff any judgment
rendered against him as aforesaid, he shall thereupon be'
entitled to the original cause of action or the judgment as
fully as the plaintiff was and may issue any execution in his
own name, or in the name of the plaintiff, on such judgment
for his own use; or prosecute such action to judgment and
execution for his own use, and shall be entitled to every other
benefit and advantage from such judgment or cause of action
and suit thereon depending that the original plaintiff might
have had thereon.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1868, ch. 203.

15. If any sheriff shall make return to the court of any fiefi
facias, attachment, or venditioni exponas that he has seized the
property of the defendant which remains unsold, or that the
property heretofore levied upon remains in his hands unsold
for want of buyers, or that the defendant has satisfied the
plaintiff or his attorney the debt or claim or any part thereof
mentioned in the said process, the said plaintiff or his attorney
may apply to the said court for a rule on the said sheriff or
late sheriff, <as the case may be, to bring the said money into
court or before a judge thereof on a day to be named in the
said rule, or show good cause to the contrary; and upon the
failure of the said sheriff or late sheriff to bring into court, or
before the said judge at the time mentioned in the said rule,
or any other day to be named by the said judge, the amount
of the debt, damages, interest and costs to be ascertained by
the plaintiff or attorney, or such other proof as the judge may
require, the said court or judge in the recess may cause judg-
ment to be entered by the clerk against the said sheriff, for
the plaintiff's claim, interest and costs in favor of the plaintiff