Williams v. St. Louis & S. W. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 109 La. 90
• 33 So. 94
• 1902 La. LEXIS 113

Syllabus

<p>CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — “FULL FAITH AND CREDIT” — EXEMPTIONS—GARNISHMENT —FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.</p> <p>. 1. To the question, certified to this court: “Can the exemption of wages, by the law of the state in which is the residence of both debtor and creditor and the place where the labor is performed and the wages are payable, be defeated by garnishment proceedings in a sister state, by a creditor of the laborer, resident in such state, when the debtor is a corporation, and has a residence also in such other state?” the answer is that the question depends for its determination upon the effect to be given to section 1, art. 4, of the constitution of the United States, that it has been answered in the affirmative by the decision of the supreme court of the United States in Railroad Co. v. Sturm, 19 Sup. Ot. 797, 174 U. S. 710, 43 L. Ed. 1144, and that the courts of this state must be governed by that decision.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>