Becker v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. J. C. McBride, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The appellee, George H. Becker, the head of a family residing with the same in this State, was employed by appellant, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, as a brakeman on its line between Centralia and Mounds, and earned wages which were exempt from garnishment by virtue of section 14 of the Garnishment act. DeBower, Chaplin & Co., of Chicago, claiming to be a creditor of appellee to the amount of $32, assigned the account to_ N. B. Miller, of Kansas City, Missouri, and on July 9, 1909, Miller commenced a suit in attachment against appellee before a justice of the peace in Kansas City. The…
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