52 Ark. 91
Decided May 15, 1889
Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1889-05-15
- C. E. Mitchel, Judge. In this action, which was begun in a justice’s court upon an account for house rent, the plaintiff obtained an order of attachment on the ground that the defendant was a nonresident of this State. The St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. was summoned as garnishee, and answered that at the time the writ of garnishment was served, it was indebted to the defendant in the sum of $78.05. On appeal to the Circuit Court, the plaintiff recovered a judgment for his debt.
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Decided 1889-05-15
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 1984
2 state decisions
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¶2The provision is remedial and should be liberally construed. St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Hart, 38 Ark., 112. The word resident should be accepted in its broader sense.
¶3The act of November 27, 1875, gives no right not granted by this clause, and is constitutional. Winter & Co. v. Simpson et al., 42 Ark., 410.
¶4The judgment is affirmed.