Campbell v. Yazoo M.V.R. Co.

Sydney Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

A judgment for $490.26 was rendered by a Circuit Court in favor of the J. R. Watkins Company against Gr. Edgar Watson and B. H. Campbell. Campbell paid the judgment, and claiming that he was sued as a surety for Watson, and therefore under Sec. 257, Code of 1942, he became an assignee thereof, and entitled to all the rights of the judgment creditor thereon, he sued out a writ of garnishment thereon against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, but though duly served therewith it filed no answer thereto, resulting in a judgment…