Smith Brothers v. Wallis, Landes Co.

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The appeal in this case was from ;a judgment of the court below quashing a writ of garnishment sued out by the appellants, Smith Bros., against Wallis, Landes & Co. upon a judgment in favor of the appellants against Carey Hawkins and Creacy Hawkins. The application for the writ alleged “that plaintiffs and deponent have reason to believe, and do believe, that Wallis, Landes & Co., a mercantile firm, residing and doing business in the city of Galveston, State of Texas, are indebted to the defendants, and that they have in their hands effects belonging to the defendants;…