Hine v. Brown
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Fulton Chancery Court; G. T. Humphries, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. On the 10th day of October, 1916, the Citizens’ Bank instituted this action in the circuit court against J. W. Brown and R. W. Brown, administrator of the estate of T. J. Brown, deceased, defendants, and Taz D. Hunt, garnishee.
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Appeal from Fulton Chancery Court; G. T. Humphries, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. On the 10th day of October, 1916, the Citizens’ Bank instituted this action in the circuit court against J. W. Brown and R. W. Brown, administrator of the estate of T. J. Brown, deceased, defendants, and Taz D. Hunt, garnishee. The complaint alleged that the Citizens’ Bank was a corporation organized under the laws of the State and doing business in the city of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas ; that on the first day of January, 1914, T. J. Brown became indebted to the Fulton County Bank in the sum of $367.50, and…
1Opinion of the Court
HART, J.,
(after stating the facts). The chancellor found that J. W. Brown owed the Citizens’ Bank $450 and that the $630 in the hands of Taz D. Hunt belonged to J. W. Brown. The garnishee, Taz D. Hunt, was therefore directed to pay to the Citizens’ Bank the sum of $450 out of the $630 in his hands. The intervener, J. L. Hine, alone has appealed. Therefore the decree is conclusive as to the amount due the Citizens’ Bank by J. W. Brown. This brings us to the question as to whether the $630 in the hands of Taz D. Hunt belonged to J. W. Brown; for, if the money does not belong to the defendant…
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