Goyer Co. v. Williamson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Chicot Chancery Court; Z. T. Wood, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY TEE COURT. This appeal presents a question between Coyer & Company, intervenors in the lower court, and N. C. Wil‘liamson, appellee, over a sum of money owing by the Board of Levee Inspectors of Chicot County, Arkansas.
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Appeal from Chicot Chancery Court; Z. T. Wood, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY TEE COURT. This appeal presents a question between Coyer & Company, intervenors in the lower court, and N. C. Wil‘liamson, appellee, over a sum of money owing by the Board of Levee Inspectors of Chicot County, Arkansas. In November, 1910, Williamson filed a suit and attachment against T. S. Shields & Company, in the circuit court of Chicot county and garnished the said board of levee inspectors, alleging that T. S. Shields and John Nystrom, as partners, under the firm name of T. S. Shields & Company, were indebted to him…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is contended, first, that appellee acquired no lien by his garnishment proceeding in the'circuit court and that the assignments from Shields & Co. contained in the deed of trust and also the order from them to the board directing the payment of the balance due upon his contracts to the Goyer Company were made prior to the transfer of the cause to equity and the fixing of the lien by the equitable garnishment and that he acquired no lien against said fund thereby.
The levee board was one created for public purposes and given certain powers and required to…
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