Varnado v. Whitney

This is an attachment in chancery under section 173, Code 1930, and the appeal is from a decree quashing the process and dismissing the bill.

The bill of complaint was filed against A. F. Whitney, a nonresident, for the purpose of recovering damages alleged to have been sustained by the appellant because of the publication by Whitney of an alleged libel against the appellant. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is alleged to be indebted to Whitney, and the prayer of the bill is that this alleged indebtedness be subjected to the payment of appellant’s demand against Whitney.

The Brotherhood of…