Chowning v. Barnett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Dorsey Circuit Court. Hon T. E. Sorrejas, Circuit Judge. No complaint was necessary to obtain the writ of garnishment, only the account filed and affidavit. Acts 1867. The limitation of ninety days does not begin until the expiration of the contracted time of service. The demurrer was bad; there was good cause of action against defendants. ) The proceeding as to Barnett was in rem. He had nothing to do with the cause of action against the principal defendants.
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APPEAL from Dorsey Circuit Court. Hon T. E. Sorrejas, Circuit Judge. No complaint was necessary to obtain the writ of garnishment, only the account filed and affidavit. Acts 1867. The limitation of ninety days does not begin until the expiration of the contracted time of service. The demurrer was bad; there was good cause of action against defendants. ) The proceeding as to Barnett was in rem. He had nothing to do with the cause of action against the principal defendants. He should have moved to quash. ' Childress v. Fowler, 9 Ark., 159. Error in the printed act suggested, fifth line of…
1Opinion of the Court
S. W. Williams, Sp. J. :
This was a suit instituted by Chowning on the 10th day of January, 1874, in which he filed before a justice- of Dorsey county his complaint, with an account for supplies furnished, and affidavit required by the 6th section of the act to regulate the labor system of this State, approved March 8th, 1867, and a contract for labor.
By the complaint, and other papers in the case, it appears that on the 12th day of March, 1873, the defendants in the suit, S. B. Henry, William Sewell and R. T. Henry, jointly agreed with Chowning to make and gather' a crop upon his land, which…
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