Purnell v. Morton Live Stock Co.

Plaintiffs appealed from the action of the trial judge sustaining defendants plea in abatement'and dismissing the snit. A preliminary statement is required to present the determinative facts.

Plaintiffs alleging debt by damages for $2500 sued out an original attachment on April 7, 1923, against Morton Live Stock Company, a partnership composed of George B. Croy, and Tom MoGough, non-residents of Tennessee. The attachment was levied under Section '5219, Shannon’s Code, by garnishment to impound the.proceeds of checks issued upon American National Bank, and Commerce Union Bank, both of Lebanon,…