Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. Hall, a resident of Douglas County, Nebraska, was employed, by the Railroad as switchman in its yards in Omaha. His wages .were exempt from garnishment by the laws of Nebraska. In July, 1907, he was insolvent, and in that month while temporarily in the. State of Iowa, two proceedings were instituted against him, in which he was personally served, and the Railroad, which owed him $122 as wages, was garnisheed.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. Hall, a resident of Douglas County, Nebraska, was employed, by the Railroad as switchman in its yards in Omaha. His wages .were exempt from garnishment by the laws of Nebraska. In July, 1907, he was insolvent, and in that month while temporarily in the. State of Iowa, two proceedings were instituted against him, in which he was personally served, and the Railroad, which owed him $122 as wages, was garnisheed. In one of these cases Rawles sued on an open account for $54.20, the Railroad being required to answer on August 10th. In the other,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
Hall, a married man, head of a family and insolvent,. worked as a switchman for the railroad company in Nebraska, his wages being exempt from garnishment by the laws of that State. While temporarily absent in Iowa, two suits were there brought against him, summons of garnishment being served upon the Railroad’s agent in Iowa where it had been held that the Nebraska exemption statute had no extra-territorial effect.
While these two suits were pending in Iowa, Hall returned to Nebraska, was adjudged a bankrupt, and claimed his wages as exempt. No defense was made to the Iowa suits, and in both…
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