Bouslough v. Bouslough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 10th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Ag-new, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county: No. 71, to May Term 1868. The proceedings in the court below were under an attachment execution issued at the suit of Ellen Bouslough against Jacob H. Bouslough, in which William Bouslough, in his own right, and as. executor of Jacob Bouslough, deceased, and Henry Fleck, were summoned as garnishees.
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May 10th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Ag-new, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county: No. 71, to May Term 1868. The proceedings in the court below were under an attachment execution issued at the suit of Ellen Bouslough against Jacob H. Bouslough, in which William Bouslough, in his own right, and as. executor of Jacob Bouslough, deceased, and Henry Fleck, were summoned as garnishees. In October 1860 Ellen Bouslough, the wife of Jacob H. Bouslough, filed a libel for divorce and alimony, and on the 1st February 1865 obtained a decree of divorce a mensd…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Agnew, J.
The record shows that William Bouslough was served as garnishee in his own right, and as executor of Jacob Bouslough, and that Henry Fleck was also a garnishee. The plea of nulla bona was entered generally for both the garnishees, and the trial had apparently on this issue. There is seeming error *498therefore in entering a special judgment against William Bouslough as executor, on what appears to be a general verdict against both the garnishees. But in point of-fact the jury was sworn as to William Bouslough as executor only, the judgment was so…
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