Develin v. Ford
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 100, Oct. T., 1901, by James Grugan, garnishee, from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Phila. County, Sept. T., 1898, No. 346, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James A. Develin v. Michael J. Ford, Defendant, and James Grugan and James Grugan, Executor and Trustee of John Gru- ■ gan, Deceased, Garnishee. Attachment execution.
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Appeal, No. 100, Oct. T., 1901, by James Grugan, garnishee, from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Phila. County, Sept. T., 1898, No. 346, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James A. Develin v. Michael J. Ford, Defendant, and James Grugan and James Grugan, Executor and Trustee of John Gru- ■ gan, Deceased, Garnishee. Attachment execution. Before Wiltbank, J. At the trial the garnishee proved that prior to the issuance of the attachment the defendant had assigned to the plaintiff whatever claim he had against the garnishee under said contract, and that the plaintiff had accepted the assignment and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
This trial was had between Develin, the judgment creditor of Ford, and Grugan, garnishee, under an attachment sur judgment. On December 22, 1898, the attachment issued. It was shown that on the same day Develin took an assignment from *383Ford of his claim against Grngan, but whether before or after the issuance of the attachment does not appear from the record as furnished in the paper-book. The garnishee claims that the court should, as requested, have directed a verdict for the defendant, because the claim was, after the assignment, no longer in Ford, but in the…
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