Illinois Central Railroad v. Cowles

It is urged in behalf of the appellant company that the Circuit Court erred in refusing to hold as law the propositions tendered by the company’s attorneys, and first, that when Cowles made and delivered to appellant the affidavit stating that he was the head of a family and residing with the 'same, and was paid the wages in controversy, which money had been earned at a rate of less than fifteen dollars a week and was exempt under the statute, the company was protected as against attaching creditors, even though the affidavit was not true; and second, that there could be no valid judgment,…