Massey v. Holmes

The plaintiff in error filed suit, accompanied by a declaration, in the Circuit Court of Shelby County on January 26, 1949, against the defendant in error. Simultaneously with said summons an attachment by garnishment was issued against Carl Stokes, clerk of the criminal court of Shelby County, Tennessee, seeking to levy upon a cash bond of $1,000 posted with said clerk for the release of J. A. Holmes from the county jail.

Subsequent thereto, to wit, on February 7, 1949, the sheriff made a return showing that search had been made for J. A. Holmes and he was not- to be found in Shelby County.…