Expiration of lost writ — effect.

When the lost execution shall have expired by limitation and such affidavit is filed, an execution may issue as it might if such lost execution had been duly returned. [S13, §3955; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11652; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.5 ]