Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co. v. Garrett

During the year 1901, Joseph E. Garrett was a retail merchant in a small town in Indian Territory. He became indebted to the Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Company, wholesalers of .St. Louis, Mo., a corporation, owing it the principal sum of $1,479.14 on November 18, 1901. Being indebted to other concerns also, Garrett went into bankruptcy. He abandoned his efforts to secure a discharge in the bankrupt court. Plaintiff in error filed suit on its aforesaid claim in the United States District Court at Pauls Valley in Indian Territory and recovered judgment there on December 3, 1903, for $1,660.33,…