In Re Teeters

The plaintiff, George E. Teeters, appeals from an order in a habeas corpus proceeding dismissing the writ and refusing to discharge him from arrest and imprisonment under a body execution issued in a civil action. The facts are as follows :

On March 9, 1921, one Lawrence L. Lee obtained a judgment in the sum of $1,900 in the Circuit Court for Multnomah County in an action wherein he was plaintiff and Teeters, the plaintiff herein, was defendant. The judgment was entered on stipulation of the attorneys in the case and while Teeters was absent in another state and before the cause was at issue.…