Manufacturers' Nat. Bank of Racine v. Peoria Life Ins.

ATWEEL, District Judge.

The plaintiff caused a writ of garnishment fo be served on the garnishee. The writ required the garnishee to answer what it owed the defendant in the parent suit; whether it had knowledge that any one else owed that defendant anything; and, third, whether the defendant owned any stock in the corporation garnisheed. The garnishee answered that it owéd tire defendant nothing, that it knew of no one else who was indebted to the defendant, but neglected to answer the third question.

Under the Texas statute, the plaintiff had a right to traverse the answer (article 299, 1920…