Jarecki Manufacturing Co. v. Consolidated Gasoline Co.

Mr. Judge Taylor

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This is a garnishment case and was tried on an agreed statement of facts.

The court correctly states in its opinion that the main question for determination is whether the garnishee, having failed to file its answer upon August 3, 1931, the return day stated in the writ, but having later filed its answer on March 14, 1932, no default judgment having been taken against it in the meantime, should have stated in such answer not only the amount it was indebted to defendant when the writ was served, but also the…