Phillips v. H. K. Thurber & Co.

Bleckley, Judge.

After the service of summons of garnishment, a stranger came in, under the act of 1871, (Code, section 3541,) and, as claimant of the fund-sought to be reached by the garnishment, filed his bond in substantial compliance with the act. Subsequently the garnishee answered, admitting himself indebted in a specific sum to the defendant in the suit wherein the garnishment issued. The claimant traversed the answer. He also filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that the garnishee was not a resident of the county but of another county. The defendant in the…