Smith v. Leonard

A constable of Haywood county, having an execution in his hands in favor of J. II. Smith against PI. B. Smith, served a garnishment on the defendant Leonard to have a disclosure of his indebtedness to said execution debtor. *605The defendant Leonard appeared before the justice on April 24, 1873, and, answered in these words: “I have this day purchased of said H. B.. Smith two bales of cotton amounting to $124.57, which amount I owe him.”

The justice rendered judgment discharging the garnishee, upon certain facts produced in evidence before him touching the ownership of the cotton, and the…