Coty v. Cogswell

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Lewis and Clark county. The case involves the right of a judgment creditor to attach an unliquidated claim, or cause of action, for damages in tort.

On January 2, 1931, Maude Adams commenced an action in the above district court against W. F. Cogswell and the Standard Accident Insurance Company. She sought to recover damages in the amount of $25,000 for injuries alleged to have been suffered by her as a result of Cogswell’s negligent operation of his automobile. Thereafter, on April 8, 1931, Mae M. Coty, plaintiff and appellant herein,…