Legal Opinion

Hamberger v. Marcus

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 2, 1893No. Appeal, No. 311PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal, No. 311, Jan. T., 1893, by garnishee, Bernard Corr, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1892, No. 15, on verdict for plaintiff, Philip Hamberger, in case of Philip Hamberger v. Julius Marcus. Rule for judgment 'against garnishee on answers in foreign attachment. The material answers to the interrogatories were as follows: “ I have had no transactions with defendant, Marcus, saving that I have employed him from time to time to sell for me liquors.

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Appeal, No. 311, Jan. T., 1893, by garnishee, Bernard Corr, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1892, No. 15, on verdict for plaintiff, Philip Hamberger, in case of Philip Hamberger v. Julius Marcus. Rule for judgment 'against garnishee on answers in foreign attachment. The material answers to the interrogatories were as follows: “ I have had no transactions with defendant, Marcus, saving that I have employed him from time to time to sell for me liquors. These liquors he has sold, and, as his compensation for his services in making such sales from time to time, become entitled…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice McCollum,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered against a garnishee in a suit commenced by a writ of foreign attachment. The judgment was entered on the answers of the garnishee to the interrogatories filed. It is contended by the garnishee that the debt due from him to the defendant is not liable to attachment. It appears from his answers that he employed the defendant from time to time to sell liquors and allowed him for his services commissions on the sales; that when the attachment was served he was entitled to commissions amounting to the sum of $125, and during…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Wolfe v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  2. Seiders's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
  3. Hutchinson & Co. v. GormleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865

3Cited by29 opinions

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