Griffith v. Langsdale
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Miller Circuit Court in Chancery. C. E. Mitchel, Judge. In October, 1887, Langsdale, a resident of Texas, brought suit against Griffith, a resident of Arkansas, in a justice’s court in Texas on an account for $106.42. A non-resident citation addressed to Griffith was issued and returned as served in Miller county, Arkansas. A writ of garnishment was issued against the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Co., a company residing in Texas, and returned served.
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APPEAL from Miller Circuit Court in Chancery. C. E. Mitchel, Judge. In October, 1887, Langsdale, a resident of Texas, brought suit against Griffith, a resident of Arkansas, in a justice’s court in Texas on an account for $106.42. A non-resident citation addressed to Griffith was issued and returned as served in Miller county, Arkansas. A writ of garnishment was issued against the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Co., a company residing in Texas, and returned served. On November 28, 1887, a personal judgment was rendered against Griffith for the amount of the indebtedness. On February 13,…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
A creditor, who attempts to evade the exemption laws of his State by resort to attachment proceedings in the cdurt of another State against the property of a debtor who is a resident of the State of the creditor’s domicile, may be enjoined by the courts of the latter State from prosecuting his suit in the foreign jurisdiction. Cole v. Cunningham, 133 U. S., 107; Keyser v. Rice, 47 Md., 203; Snook v. Snetzer, 25 Ohio St., 516; Wilson v. Joseph, 107 Ind., 490; Hager v. Adams, 70 Iowa, 746.
Sferem ciles— Exempt property — injunction. In restraining the proceeding, the court acts, not upon the…
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