Morgan v. City of Beaumont
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; John M. Conley, Judge. Action by Robert Morgan against F. O. Starr, defendant, and the City of Beaumont, garnishee. From a judgment in favor of the garnishee and defendant that plaintiff take nothing against the garnishee nor the defendant or his sureties on his replevin bond, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
In a suit brought by appellant against E. C. Starr, plaintiff sued out a writ of garnishment against appellee, the city of Beaumont. The answer of the garnishee to said writ, which was properly verified, was as follows: “Now comes the city of Beaumont, garnishee, in the above-entitled and numbered cause, and for answer herein to the writ of garnishment served on it says: That, at the time the said writ of garnishment was served upon it, it was indebted in the sum of $1,082.70 to the said E. C. Starr; that it is not now nor was it at the time the said writ of garnishment was served upon it in…
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