Moore v. Lowrey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. PLAnmHFS brought separate actions in attachment against Miles & Keeler, who are residents of and doing business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and caused Lowrey to be served with garnishee process.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. PLAnmHFS brought separate actions in attachment against Miles & Keeler, who are residents of and doing business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and caused Lowrey to be served with garnishee process. Judgment was rendered in the suits against Miles & Keeler, and, before answer of the garnishee, Fowler & Munson made themselves parties to the proceedings by intervention, and by-proper pleading claimed that whatever debt Miles & Keeler held against Lowrey was assigned and transferred to them by Miles & Keeler before the service of the garnishee process upon Lowrey,…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
of a aeM: ' Miles & Keeler, being in failing circumstances, were indebted to the intervenors, Fowler & Mun-son. In settlement of this claim against them they transferred to Fowler & Munson the claim they held against Lowrey, the garnishee, on the 18th day of January, 1866, by an instrument of which the following is a copy :
“H. Lowrey, Esq., Dubuque, Iowa,
To Miles & Keeler, Dr.
“1866. Jan. 18. To balance of account to date,.. $788 40
“ H. Lowrey, Esq.:
“ Please paji-the above balance to Messrs. Fowler & Munson, or order, and oblige,
Miles & Keeler.”
To this instrument was affixed a two cent U. S.…
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