Brown v. Williams-Brooke Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Newton county. IIoN. Sam WhitmaN, Jb., Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. R. D. Brown against the Williams-Brooke Company and another. From a decree dissolving an injunction, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. On the 16th day of December, 1911, appellee, defendant below, sued out a writ of attachment against Jim F. Brown and suggested in said writ that appellant, complainant below, be summoned as a garnishee.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Newton county. IIoN. Sam WhitmaN, Jb., Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. R. D. Brown against the Williams-Brooke Company and another. From a decree dissolving an injunction, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. On the 16th day of December, 1911, appellee, defendant below, sued out a writ of attachment against Jim F. Brown and suggested in said writ that appellant, complainant below, be summoned as a garnishee. On the 19th day of December, 1911, a pretended service of said writ was had on complainant. On the 13th day of January,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from the decree dissolving an injunction.
On the. 19th day of December, 1911, appellee, through its agent, filed with the justice of the peace an affidavit, alleging that Jim Brown was justly indebted to it in the sum of one hundred and sixteen dollars, “and that he has property and rights in action which he conceals and unjustly refuses to apply to the payment of said amount,” suggesting that Mrs. R. D. Brown was indebted to the. said Jim Brown, and praying for a writ of attachment against him and a writ of "garnishment against R. D. Brown. This writ was issued and served…
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