Baker v. Moody
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County. THE defendant m error having obtained a judgment against one Richard Jones, summoned the plaintiff in error, as garnishee, upon whose answer, the court rendered judgment against'him, •from which judgment, this writ o.f error is prosecuted. The substance of the answer appears -in 41)0 opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
■ORMOND, J.
— That portion of the answer of the garnishee which it is alone important to consider, is to the following effect: “That he has in his possession the sum of two hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty-one cents, which he received for a certain quantity of cotton, which he sold at the request of Richard Jones, to whom, as he was (old by said Jones, said cotton had been transferred by W. Naylors, in payment of a debt. Garnishee was Instructed by tTie said .Jones to pay the said money to him, the said Jones. The said Jones stated in presence of this garnishee, that the said money…
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