Fast v. Wolf

This cause was tried by the court below without a jury and the garnishee discharged on the facts appearing from his answer and testimony, which are conceded to be in substance as follows: Fast was keeper of the poor house and farm of Fulton county at a salary of $700 a year, and when the writ was served there was due him on that account about $140. Wolf, the garnishee, was the county poor agent, and as such had in his hands money appropriated by the board of supervisors to pay the indebtedness of the county existing and accruing on account of the care and support of the county poor, including…