Legal Opinion
Tressler v. Lunt
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided January 5, 1932No. 188PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richards, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
Garnishment is a proceeding by which the plaintiff in an action at law, attempts to subject to the payment of his demand against the defendant, money or property of the defendant in the hands of a third person. It is a warning to the party upon whom it is served not to pay any money or deliver any property to the defendant, that he has *80in his possession as the money or property of the defendant, but eto appear and answer the. plaintiff’s action. NationaBank of W. & B. v. Furtick, 2 Marv. (16 Del.) 35, 42 A. 479, 44 L. R. A. 115, 69 Am. St. Rep.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rutter v. ShumwaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
- Garford Motor Truck Co. v. BucksonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1927
- Cox, Hill & Thompson v. BeardenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Jarrell v. KingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Riley v. HirstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
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3Cited by3 opinions
- K-M Auto Supply, Inc. v. RenoSupreme Court of Delaware · 1967
- Mesa Partners v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1984
- Smulski v. H. Feinberg Furniture Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1937