Carpenter v. Gay
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Case against the defendant as garnishee. Heard by the court, jury trial being waived.
1Opinion of the CourtMatteson, J.
The plaintiffs sue to recover money which they claim to have attached in the hands of the defendant as the trustee of one John McBain. The plaintiffs brought suit on the 26th of January, 1876, in the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Providence, against McBain, and on the following day caused the writ to be served upon the defendant for the purpose of attaching the personal estate of McBain in the hands of the defendant as his trustee. At the December term, 1877, of the Court of Common Pleas, the plaintiffs obtained judgment against McBain for #2,200 and the costs of the suit. The…
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