Victor v. Hartford Fire Ins.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. The appellant, the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., was duly summoned as garnishee, for being the supposed debtor of the defendant in the action, C. N. Smedley, against whom judgment was recovered.
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Appeal from Mahaska District Court. The appellant, the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., was duly summoned as garnishee, for being the supposed debtor of the defendant in the action, C. N. Smedley, against whom judgment was recovered. The only questions in this appeal arise upon the following answers: “ Daniel W. Hunt of lawful age, first being duly affirmed, deposes and answers as follows: I am a member of the firm of Cook & Hunt, agents of the Hartford Eire Insurance Company ; that on or about the 4th day of July, A. D. 1870, said company was garnished in the above-entitled cause; that said…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The only question arising in this case is as to the liability of the garnishee, the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., upon the answers of their agent, set out in the statement preceding this opinion. That liability, if any, in this case, must be grounded upon an indebtedness by said insurance company to the defendant in the action, O. N. Smedley, at the time of the garnishment or subsequent thereto, and prior to the adjudication thereon. No claim is made of any liability of the appellant, on the ground that the garnishee had any of the defendant’s property in its hands. The question then is simply…
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