Legal Opinion

Mansfield v. Honduras Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 5, 1896PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Garnishment Proceedings.—Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman

It is urged that the filing of a written traverse is not made a requirement to the formation of an .issue by the statute. The provisions of the statute touching this point are found in section 7 of the garnishment act (Chap. 62, Hurd’s Rev. Stat. 1895, p. 830). “ When the plaintiff in any garnishee proceeding shall allege that any garnishee served with process, or appearing before any court, hath not truly discovered the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, moneys, choses in action, credits and effects, or if before a justice of the peace, such personal effects of the defendant in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Seavey v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Reynolds v. AnspachAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883
  3. Adams v. NeeleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
  4. Waggoner v. GreenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bartlett & Kling v. Willis Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1903

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