Sturges v. Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tlie chancery court of Lauderdale coruity. Hon. James L. IVIcOaskill, Chancellor. Jackson, the appellee, was complainant in the court below;Sturges, the appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint the defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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From tlie chancery court of Lauderdale coruity. Hon. James L. IVIcOaskill, Chancellor. Jackson, the appellee, was complainant in the court below;Sturges, the appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint the defendant appealed to the supreme court. Jackson, the complainant, filed a bill in equity for an injunction, averring that he was employed on a stipulated salary of less than $100 a month; that defendant, Sturges, held a judgment against him obtained in a court of a justice of the peace; that since the rendition of the judgment complainant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
The demurrer to the bill of complaint should have been sustained. The bill states no ground authorizing the interposition of a court of chancery to restrain the defendant from the exercise *512of his legal rights in his attempt to collect in the manner permitted by the statute an indebtedness admittedly díte and owing to him by the complainant. Chapter 55, Code 1892, permits every person holding a judgment or decree of any court to have a writ of garnishment issued against his debtor by complying with certain conditions set forth in the statute. It is true that, if the indebtedness or money in…
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