H. Seeligson & Co. v. Brown
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. Henry Seeligson & Co. brought suit against B. M. Hobby by attachment to recover the amount of a note sued on for $1,374, and obtained a writ of attachment which was levied on certain lots; also a writ of garnishment against the Galveston City Bailway Company, which was served on 9th August, 1877. Garnishee answered that five hundred and twenty-eight certain shares of the stock of •the company stood at the…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. Henry Seeligson & Co. brought suit against B. M. Hobby by attachment to recover the amount of a note sued on for $1,374, and obtained a writ of attachment which was levied on certain lots; also a writ of garnishment against the Galveston City Bailway Company, which was served on 9th August, 1877. Garnishee answered that five hundred and twenty-eight certain shares of the stock of •the company stood at the time of service of garnishment in the name of defendant Hobby, upon the books of the company, but that James H. Brown…
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.—
This case bears evidence of having been very carefully and faithfully briefed by both parties. The appellants seem to have presented the merits of their case as fully and as satisfactorily as could be done, or as was desirable it should be done. We have ourselves given a great deal of attention to the main question discussed, and have considered it with more than usual care.
We have no time at present to give at length the reasons why we believe the judgment in the case should be affirmed. We must content ourselves, therefore, with stating as briefly as possible the…
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