Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Tremper v. Brooks

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1879PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Saginaw. Appeal from an order adjudging respondent guilty of contempt in not paying to the relator certain moneys which he held as receiver under the appointment of the court below, and which the court had ordered him to pay to the relator, but which he continued to hold as garnishee in proceedings taken in a justice’s court.

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.

Brooks having been ordered as receiver to pay over certain moneys to relator within forty'days, refused on application within that time to pay it, claiming the full time. After its expiration, he refused to do so on the ground- that on the same day he had been served with garnishee process issued by a justice of the peace, returnable eleven days thereafter.- On an order to show cause why he should not be attached, -he showed -that under this garnishment he had -made a disclosure of the facts before, the - justice, before whom no further action was had, and respondent still held the *335money. On…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Noe v. GibsonNew York Court of Chancery · 1839
  2. Field v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  3. Columbian Book Co. v. De GolyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
  4. Voorhees v. SessionsMichigan Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gillen v. Wakefield State BankMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Prather Engineering Co. v. Detroit, Flint & Saginaw RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Russell & Co. v. MillettWashington Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Burk v. Muskegon Machine & Foundry Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Cohnen v. SweenieMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

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