Hobson v. Kelly

Plaintiff recovered judgment against Kelly for $1,217.40. Upon bringing suit against the principal defendant, plaintiff instituted garnishee proceedings against Hill and Vincent. The circuit judge directed a verdict against the garnishee defendants, who appealed.

The defendants filed a disclosure, stating that at the time said writ was served upon them they were indebted to Kelly in the sum of $1,717.28, unless they had become liable to other parties upon certain orders which Kelly had given upon them, aggregating about $2,800. Defendants had not accepted these orders, and it is conceded that…