Gordon v. Blackton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This is defendant’s appeal from plaintiff’s judgment, entered by the judge sitting without a jury, based upon defendant’s failure tp honor an execution against wages.

Plaintiff has a judgment and execution against one Find-lay, an employe of the Erie Railroad Company, which execu tion was not honored. Hence this suit. The substantial question is whether the employe’s wages are exempt under the federal statute. Appellant contends they are and appellee contends that they are not.

We think that the wages of Eindlay, a seaman engaged in the…