Tillinghast v. Johnson

Sweetland. J.(1) Fourquestions of law arising in this case have been certified by a justice of the Superior Court to this court for determination. The first of these questions is: “First: If a Safe Deposit Company has received fox-storage articles in a sealed parcel owned by the defendant in an action in assumpsit, which parcel the said Company, at the time of the service upon said Company of a writ of garnishment in said action had in its hands or possession, and the contents of said sealed parcel are not of a nature exempt by law from attachment, is the said Company chargeable as garnishee…