Smith v. Davis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO THE KENOSHA COUNTY COURT. This case arose under the garnishee process provided by the Revised Statutes. It was originally commenced in a Justice’s Court, judgment was rendered against the defendant in error, taken by appeal to the County Court, where the judgment of the justice was affirmed, and thence brought here by writ of error. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court, and also the points made by counsel in the argument at bar.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Cowt,
Smith, J.
The plaintiff in error appeared, April 14th, 1851, pursuant to a garnishee process, before a justice of the peace, and answered in substance, that he was not indebted to Harvey I. Sill, the defendant in that court, and had no property in his hands or possession belonging to him. Upon his further answer, and other evidence submitted, it appeared, that Sill had.agreed to do a job of work for the plaintiff in error for one hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid as follows : As the work should progress, thirty dollars in groceries and provisions to live upon, when called for…
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