Pigford Grocery Co. v. Wilder
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. E. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Suit by the Pigford Grocery Company against B. P. Wilder, wherein the Western Union Telegraph Company was garnished, filing an amended answer, admitting an indebtedness, suggesting that the debt was claimed by Mrs. C. E. Dement and Sams & McCall, attorneys, and praying an interplealer.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. E. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Suit by the Pigford Grocery Company against B. P. Wilder, wherein the Western Union Telegraph Company was garnished, filing an amended answer, admitting an indebtedness, suggesting that the debt was claimed by Mrs. C. E. Dement and Sams & McCall, attorneys, and praying an interplealer. On motion by Mrs. Dement in the name of Wilder to dismiss the cause, judgment was entered dismissing it, and the Pigford Grocery Company moved to reinstate the order dismissing as a -fraud upon their rights. Judgment was rendered…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
B. E. Wilder recovered a judgment in Lauderdale county against the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1914, and the case was appealed by the telegraph company to the supreme court. Pending the appeal, Pigford Grocery Company attached B. F. Wilder (who is a resident of the state of Georgia), in a justice of the peace court, and garnished the Western Union Telegraph Company. There was no property levied upon, and no personal service of process. The Western Union answered the garnishment, denying indebtedness but stating the rendition of the judgment and the pendency of the appeal. This…
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