McDowell, Pyle & Co. v. Hopfield

Tlie question to be determined in this case is whether or not the claim of a prior assignee of a chose in action, where no notice of the assignment was given to the debtor, is superior to the claim of a subsequent attaching creditor who has secured a judgment of condemnation against the debtor as garnishee.

McDowell, Pyle & Company of Baltimore City became indebted to Wirth Concord Ade Company of Providence, Rhode Island; in the sum of $332.86 for merchandise purchased at various times .in July, 1923. The money thus due from McDowell, Pyle & Company. was assigned by Wirth Concord Ade Company…