Keithley v. Pitman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge, The balance of $1194.67, which was in John Pitman’s hands at the time the garnishment was served on him, was subject to garnishment by I). K. Pitman’s creditors. Ridge v. Olmstead, 73 Mo. 578 ; Nicholson v. Walker, 25 Mo. App. 368-377 ; Briggs v. Block, 18 Mo. 281-283; Sproule o.
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Appeal from the St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge, The balance of $1194.67, which was in John Pitman’s hands at the time the garnishment was served on him, was subject to garnishment by I). K. Pitman’s creditors. Ridge v. Olmstead, 73 Mo. 578 ; Nicholson v. Walker, 25 Mo. App. 368-377 ; Briggs v. Block, 18 Mo. 281-283; Sproule o. Agnew, 7 Mo. 62 ; Corey v. Powers, 18 Yt. 587; McGuire v. Wilkinson, 72 Mo. 202; Casebolt v. Donalson, 67 Mo. 308. The purchase price of the land was money due the execution debtor, D. K. Pitman, and he could countermand his orders in relation to…
1Opinion of the Court
Rombauer P. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a garnishment upon execution. The plaintiff’s denial of the garnishee’s answer charges that, on May 10, 1887, D. K. Pitman, one of the defendants in *599the execution, sold to the garnishee certain land for the sum of twelve thousand dollars, and that a large amount of the purchase money, to-wit, five thousand dollars, had not been paid by the garnishee at the date of the garnishment. The garnishee’s reply consists of a general denial.
The garnishee is the son of one of the defendants in the execution, and it stands admitted that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Besshears v. RoweSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Brown ex rel. Clardy v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Cress v. BlodgettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Ridge v. OlmsteadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- Holt v. DollarhideSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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