Washum v. Lester

This suit was brought on January 15, 1930, by appellee against appellant in the chancery court of Lawrence County, Eastern District, for contribution on account of having paid a judgment in favor of William R. Moore Dry G-oods Company for $6,174.81, •which it obtained against Sam Ellis, J. H. Washnm and himself on May 21, 1928, in the United States District Court, Eastern District, Jonesboro Division. The transcript of the judgment, duly verified, was filed in the office of the clerk for the Eastern District of Lawrence County, and appellee paid the judgment to avoid the levy of an execution…