Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Smersh

Maxwell, Ch. J.

The defendant in error brought an action against one L. H. Webster, before a justice of the peace in Douglas county, and recovered a judgment for the sum of $45.83 and costs. Execution was duly issued on said judgment, and returned wholly unsatisfied. Afterwards an affidavit was filed before the justice alleging that the Union Pacific *752Railway Company was indebted to Webster, and thereupon a summons in garnishment was issued and served on said company. The proceedings in garnishment are set forth in the transcript as follows:

“April 9, 1884, J. S. Shropshire, for garnishee,…