Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Love

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This was a garnishment proceeding wherein the executors of the Hill estate sought to reach and appropriate an alleged debt of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company to the Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company, a debtor of the plaintiffs. They brought an action against the construction company on December 24, 1891, and at the same time procured the issuance of a garnishment summons, which was served on the railway company on the same *434day. On the 12th day of January, 1895, judgment was rendered in favor of the executors of the Hill estate…