St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. James S. Steel, Judge. statement by the court. Appellee recovered judgment against John R. Probst for $125 before a justice of the peace of Polk County, and later filed a certified transcript of the same in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of that county, and the clerk entered such judgment on the docket of that court for judgments and decrees, as provided by statute.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. James S. Steel, Judge. statement by the court. Appellee recovered judgment against John R. Probst for $125 before a justice of the peace of Polk County, and later filed a certified transcript of the same in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of that county, and the clerk entered such judgment on the docket of that court for judgments and decrees, as provided by statute. Thereafter appellee filed proper allegations and interrogatories, and sued out a writ of garnishment, directed to the sheriff of Sebastian County, summoning appellant to answer as…
1Opinion of the Court
McCulloch, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The General Assembly passed' an act, approved February 27, 1867, amendatory of the then existing garnishment statute, section 2 of which act is as follows:
“When a judgment before a justice of the peace in any county, together with the interest accrued on the same and the costs, amounts to more than $100, and the plaintiff, or any other person having the right to collect the said judgment, may desire to have the benefit of garnishment thereon, it shall be lawful for such person to file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court a transcript of such…
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