Laidlaw v. Morrow

Mrs. Morrow was indebted to one Hancock in the sum of $109 for goods sold and delivered, and Laidlaw, claiming to have acquired the demand by assignment from Hancock, sued Mrs. Morrow therefor. She resisted on the ground that she had been garnished by two of Hancock’s creditors and had been compelled in those proceedings to pay the demand on their claims. The circuit judge allowed this defense, and the main question relates to its validity.

The principal cases directly against Hancock and the cases of garnishment incidental to them were before a justice of the peace, and the recorded…