Soukup v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.

This is a garnishment proceeding, instituted to collect a judgment of $15,000, obtained by the respondent against the-judgment defendant, Scott Ford, doing business as Scott Ford Battery Company. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of the respondent and against the appellant. Appellant has appealed from the judgment entered on this verdict.

The parties herein are mutually bound by the issues adjudicated by said judgment (by default) recovered against Ford. [Dolph v. Maryland Casualty Company, 308 Mo. 534, l. c. 546, 261 S. W. 330.] The petition in which alone the issues were formulated…