Legal Opinion

Wheeler v. Thomas

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 26, 1940No. 89978PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Justice.

The plaintiff is described as judgment creditor and the defendant as judgment debtor. Plaintiff has served an attachment and garnishment upon the District Title Company. The garnishee, by its amended answer, shows that $1,000 was deposited with it by the judgment debtor as a deposit on account of the purchase price of a farm which he had contracted to buy from John H. Ruppert Corporation and B. Louise Ruppert, executrix of the estate of John H. Ruppert. Garnishee sets up the contract of sale.

Being so deposited, the fund is subject to all of the terms of the contract. It may not…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. United States v. First National City BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  2. Cummings General Tire Co. v. Volpe Construction Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. United States v. First National City BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
  4. Aly v. Hanzada for Import & Export Company, LTDDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 2019

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