Shawmutt Lumber Co. v. Waites
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pike 'Circuit Court; Jefferson T. Cowling, Judge; STATEMENT by the court. On.the 25th of November, 1914, the appellee filed before -a justice of the peace the following affidavit (omitting formal parts); “The plaintiff, W. F. Waites, states that the defendant, the Shawmutt Lbr. Co., is justly indebted to him in the sum of $133.49, for labor performed by plaintiff for the defendant for hauling -saw logs to defendants saw mill, etc.”
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Appeal from Pike 'Circuit Court; Jefferson T. Cowling, Judge; STATEMENT by the court. On.the 25th of November, 1914, the appellee filed before -a justice of the peace the following affidavit (omitting formal parts); “The plaintiff, W. F. Waites, states that the defendant, the Shawmutt Lbr. Co., is justly indebted to him in the sum of $133.49, for labor performed by plaintiff for the defendant for hauling -saw logs to defendants saw mill, etc.” Appellee prayed for judgment and an order of attachment. Summons was issued and included therein was a writ of attachment, commanding the Shawmutt…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). We treat as abandoned those grounds of the motion for a new trial that are not specifically argued in the brief. Therefore, the only question for our consideration on this appeal is whether or not the circuit court had jurisdiction to render the judgment against the appellant and the sureties on its appeal bond.
The appellant’s counsel urges that the circuit court was without jurisdiction for the reason, as he states, that the cause was one in rem, involving the question as to whether or not the appellee was entitled to a lien on a certain pile of lumber…
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