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BALT. & OHIO R.R. v. HOSTETTER

No. 245.

240 U.S. 620 (1916)

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. HOSTETTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George E. Hamilton, Mr. Francis R. Cross and Mr. A. Hunter Boyd, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.H. Conaway and Mr. Harry A. Shaw for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Hostetter, the defendant in error, a resident of West Virginia, sued in a justice's court in that State for wages due him by the Railroad Company, now plaintiff in error. The defense was that the wages had been paid by the Railroad Company as the result of a garnishment proceeding taken against it in the State of Virginia where it was suable to enforce a judgment...

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