Elliott v. Regan

The owner of a lien acquired on funds paid into the circuit court for Winnebago county under an order of that court insists that he is in the proper jurisdiction to establish and enforce his lien even if the debtor has become bankrupt. In support of his position he contends, and properly so, that a litigant who has begun his action in a court of competent jurisdiction is within his rights and does not have to yield his advantage. There is no dispute as to the facts involved in these appeals. They are set forth in the appellant’s brief and conceded by respondent to be “accurately stated” and…