Wood Refrigerating Co. v. Preston
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
1Opinion of the Court
Nixon, J.,
Plaintiff, a judgment creditor of the above-named defendant, has instituted attachment execution and served interrogatories upon the city, seeking to attach funds in its hands allegedly owing to defendant under a contract for the supplying *649of meat to the city’s zoo at Highland Park. Garnishee has raised preliminary objections, claiming that as a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth it is not subject to attachment proceedings. By answer, plaintiff has raised two points of law: (1) Is the city subject to attachment in its nongovernmental functions, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Erie v. KnappSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
3Cited by1 opinion
- Central Contracting Co. v. C. E. Youngdahl & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965