Person v. Williams-Echols Dry Goods Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge.; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, a domestic corporation, with its principal place of business at Fort Smith, Arkansas, brought suit in the circuit court of Sebastian County against appellants to recover upon a judgment' obtained against W. C. Person and others in Oklahoma for $1,553.22. A garnishment was issued and served upon the Westchester Fire Insurance Company, and the garnishee answered,…
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge.; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, a domestic corporation, with its principal place of business at Fort Smith, Arkansas, brought suit in the circuit court of Sebastian County against appellants to recover upon a judgment' obtained against W. C. Person and others in Oklahoma for $1,553.22. A garnishment was issued and served upon the Westchester Fire Insurance Company, and the garnishee answered, admitting that it owed W. C. Person, one of the appellants, $950, but alleged that it was for insurance upon a house…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). Can appellee, a citizen and resident of this State, subject to the payment of his debt, by garnishment, the money due appellants, residents of the State of Oklahoma, from an insurance company, which also does business in this State, for a loss under a fire insurance policy issued in that State upon their homestead and household effects, all of which were exempt from seizure and sale for the payment of the debt in that State, where the judgment upon which this suit is brought was obtained?
This proceeding was instituted by a citizen and resident of this…
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