Carson Petroleum Co. v. Moorcroft

ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought suit in attachment in an Hlinois state court against appellee Harold Moorcroft,. a nonresident. The only service of the writ was by summoning as garnishee Ellen Holt, executrix of George Holt, deceased, said Moorcroft having theretofore secured against said deceased a decree for a large amount. There was also the statutory publication of notice of the attachment. At the time of service of notice on the garnishee, the claim on the decree had not yet been filed in the probate court of Cook county, 111., where the estate of the deceased was pending. The…