State Rel. Stevenson v. American Surety

This is a suit on an attachment bond by an interpleader. The suit originated in Pemiscot county, but was transferred to the circuit court of Butler county on a change of venue, where it was tried before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $3,375. Defendant has appealed.

The petition charges that on June 4, 1931, one Clyde W. Drew instituted an attachment suit in the circuit court of New Madrid county, Mo., against the Southern Dredging Company, a nonresident; that an attachment writ was issued directing the sheriff of said county to attach certain…