Coates v. Gerlach
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe District Court of Allegheny county. These were attachment executions sued out by the firm of G. M. Coates & Co. on judgments held by the firm against Frederick Michaels, in which Andrew Gerlach was summoned as garnishee. It was conceded that at the date of the service of those writs there was in the hands of the garnishee the sum of $2400, but this money Was claimed by Mina Michaels, wife of Frederick, and the defence was made by the garnishee in her behalf.
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Error to tbe District Court of Allegheny county. These were attachment executions sued out by the firm of G. M. Coates & Co. on judgments held by the firm against Frederick Michaels, in which Andrew Gerlach was summoned as garnishee. It was conceded that at the date of the service of those writs there was in the hands of the garnishee the sum of $2400, but this money Was claimed by Mina Michaels, wife of Frederick, and the defence was made by the garnishee in her behalf. The cases were tried in the District Court together. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of this court.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Strong, J.
The two cases in the District Court were tried as one. They were in substance, if not in form, consolidated. But one verdict was returned, and hut one judgment was entered. Both parties have sued out writs of error, and they are most *44conveniently considered together. The cases in the court below originated in attachment executions against Frederick Michaels, in which Andrew Gerlach was summoned as garnishee. On the trial the jury found for the plaintiffs, and that the garnishee had in his hands the sum of $2400, of which $1900 were due from…
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