Millison v. Fisk
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. James Habbiott, Judge, presiding. On the 28th day of March, 1865, John B. Wright filed the requisite affidavit, upon which a garnishee summons issued against George Williamson, Jacob Mowder and James Blakeley, school directors of school-district Ho. 4, Township 21, H. Range, 8 E., and Eli 0. Fisk, township treasurer, which was served on each of them.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. James Habbiott, Judge, presiding. On the 28th day of March, 1865, John B. Wright filed the requisite affidavit, upon which a garnishee summons issued against George Williamson, Jacob Mowder and James Blakeley, school directors of school-district Ho. 4, Township 21, H. Range, 8 E., and Eli 0. Fisk, township treasurer, which was served on each of them. This proceeding was heard upon an affidavit, from which it appeared, that, at the March Term, 1865, of the Mason Circuit Court, John B. Wright recovered a judgment for the sum of §152.50,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walkeb
This record presents the question whether money due a school teacher can be garnisheed in the hands of the district treasurer. The eighteenth section of the attachment act declares, that, when a garnishee shall be served and interrogatories filed, as provided by the act, he shall exhibit and file, under oath, an answer to such interrogatories. This section authorizes the plaintiff to interrogate him touching the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, moneys, credits and effects of the defendant, and the value thereof, in his possession, custody or charge, or from him or her due and owing to the…
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