Legal Opinion

Nixon v. Joshua Hendy Machine Works

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 6, 1909No. 7587PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered February 1, 1908, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in garnishment for debt, after a trial before the court without a jury.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

— This is an action by respondents, Nixon and Kimmel, against the Wagner-Bullock Electric Company, to *420recover a debt due. When the action was commenced, the Northwest Light & Power Company was summoned as garnishee to answer as to any indebtedness due the Wagner-Bullock Electric Company. It answered admitting that it was indebted in the sum'of $918.Ids. It afterwards filed an amended answer in which it was alleged that, after the filing of the original answer, it had received notice that on August 8, 1905, the claim due from it to the Wagner-Bullock Electric Company had been assigned to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Thompson v. Huron Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  2. Benner v. Scandinavian American BankWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Whiting v. RubinsteinWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Ronald v. SchoenfeldWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Simpson v. Western Hardware & Metal Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917

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