Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. Shultz

This was a suit (originating before a justice of the peace) by the appellee against the appellant, to recover for work and labor. The defense was, that the appellant had been compelled, as garnishee in a. suit before a justice of the peace in Ohio against the plaintiff) to pay the indebtedness there. Without first showing that, according to the laws of Ohio, the magistrate there had jurisdiction of the matter, or that the particular- cause had been brought within his cognizance by such notice as the laws of that State may require, a transcript ©f the proceedings was offered in evidence and…