Roesch v. W. B. Worthen Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John B. Martineau, Chancellor; Appellant is entitled to subject by a creditor’s bill the fees of the county treasurer that had already accrued to him for work. 56 Ark. 476; 70 Miss. 267; 49 Mo. 565; 42 Pac. 733; 10 Fed. 799; 91 Fed. 574; 11 Col. 337; 20 Conn. 416; 10 R. I. 285; 13 N. H. 502; 26 Pac. 1002; 10 B. Mon. 108; 12 Bush 354; 15 O. St. 462; 35 S. W. 412; 65 Tex. 359; 29 Atl. 815; 84 Ga. 769; 92 Mich. 285; 21 Neb. 675; 66 la. 99; 31…
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John B. Martineau, Chancellor; Appellant is entitled to subject by a creditor’s bill the fees of the county treasurer that had already accrued to him for work. 56 Ark. 476; 70 Miss. 267; 49 Mo. 565; 42 Pac. 733; 10 Fed. 799; 91 Fed. 574; 11 Col. 337; 20 Conn. 416; 10 R. I. 285; 13 N. H. 502; 26 Pac. 1002; 10 B. Mon. 108; 12 Bush 354; 15 O. St. 462; 35 S. W. 412; 65 Tex. 359; 29 Atl. 815; 84 Ga. 769; 92 Mich. 285; 21 Neb. 675; 66 la. 99; 31 Gratt. 784; 17 N. E. 75. There was no authority to appropriate the funds to the payment of appellee’s debt. 78 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
This was an action in the nature of a creditors’ bill, seeking to satisfy a judgment out of indebtedness due to the judgment-debtor, which could not be reached by ordinary legal process, and by equitable garnishment to apply such indebtedness to the extinguishment of the judgment.
Fred Roesch, the plaintiff below, had obtained a judgment against R. J. Polk, the principal defendant in the present suit, some years prior to the institution of this action, which remained wholly unsatisfied. In 1907 and for some years prior thereto R. J. Polk was treasurer of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and had…
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