Hewitt v. Wagar Lumber Co.

Hewitt sued one Myers by attachment before a justice and recovered. In connection with the attachment he took proceedings under section forty-two of the general act of 1855 concerning courts held by justices of the peace (Comp. L., § 5290) for the purpose of holding the defendant, a domestic corporation, as a garnishee debtor of Myers. The papers to be served on the garnishee to initiate the proceeding were served by leaving them with Humphrey E. Wagar, president of the corporation. After some vicissitudes which need not be detailed, judgment was given against Hewitt by the justice. Hewitt…