Cruett v. Jenkins
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the following prayer: If the jury find from the evidence offered that the promissory notes, or any of them, mentioned in the mortgage •offered in evidence were in the hands of William Mac-Williams, as owner thereof, at or after the time when the ■attachment in this cause was laid in the hands of Cruett, the garnishee, that then the attachment…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the following prayer: If the jury find from the evidence offered that the promissory notes, or any of them, mentioned in the mortgage •offered in evidence were in the hands of William Mac-Williams, as owner thereof, at or after the time when the ■attachment in this cause was laid in the hands of Cruett, the garnishee, that then the attachment was a lien, and hound whatever money was due upon said notes, or any ■other from Cruett, in the hands of Cruett, then…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
On the first day of March 1876, an attachment was issued on a judgmenkof the appellees against MacWilliams, which was laid in the hands of the appellant, garnishee, on the following day; the garnishee appeared by attorney and pleaded nulla bona; the trial took place in October 1878, and resulted in a verdict and judgment of condemnation in favor of the plaintiffs; from which this appeal has been taken.
It appeared in proof that on the 4th day of December 1875, the garnishee was indebted to MacWilliams in the sum of $13,000, for which the latter held his eight negotiable promissory notes…
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