The procedure provided in this chapter may be taken upon the return of an execution unsatisfied issued upon a judgment recovered in an action against joint debtors in which some of the defendants have not been served with the summons by which said action was commenced so far as relates to the joint property of such debtors; and all actions by creditors to obtain satisfaction of judgments out of the property of joint debtors are maintainable in the same manner and to the same effect.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.2403.