Milne v. Shell Oil Co.

The Shell Oil Company obtained a judgment against Milne in an action sounding in contract. Execution was returned unsatisfied, and Shell brought suit on the judgment, serving on two other parties as trustees. These proceedings became subject to court rules governing trustee process, promulgated in response to the constitutional doctrine announced in Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp., 395 U.S. 337, 23 L.Ed.2d 349, 89 S.Ct. 1820 (1969). The party Milne, appearing pro se, is here questioning the authority of this Court to establish and enforce such rules, and he is also testing certain of the…