St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Gate City Co-operative Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court. Joel D. Conway, Judge. The Arkansas and Texas companies are separate, and in no way responsible upon each other’s contracts. 136 U. S. 356.
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The Gate City Co-operative Grocery Company recovered a judgment in the court of W. J. Smither, a justice of the peace of Miller county, in this state, against R. J. Southerland, for the sum of twenty-four dollars and costs. Upon this judgment the grocery company sued out a writ of garnishment against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company. The garnishee answered denying indebtedness to the defendant, and plaintiff denied the answer. The issue joined was tried by a jury, and they returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. On this verdict a judgment was rendered against the garnishee for…
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