Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Carter

The only point at issue in this case was as to the construction of section 4754 of the Civil Code (1910), the plaintiff contending that a garnishment based upon a judgment obtained in thje court of a notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace could be sued out in, returned to, and tried in the court of the justice of the peace of a different militia district of the same county, in which district the garnishee resided; the garnishee contending that the garnishment should have been returned to and tried in the court of a notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace, and not the…