Opinion.

delivered the opinion of the court:

We are not aware of any legal foundation for the proceeding which terminated in the judgment appealed from. No law authorizes a motion, judgment nisi, scire facias, and final judgment in such case, and the judgment is reversed, the judgment nisi vacated, and the proceeding dismissed, leaving the officers of court to pursue their rights in some manner authorized by law as they may be advised.

Reversed.