Tilghman v. Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.

The Circuit Court for Montgomery County found that an attachment laid by The Riggs National Bank in the hands of the employer of the appellant Tilghman was valid and on May 12, 1970, entered judgment of condemnation absolute in favor of the Bank for $384.47, the sum confessed by the garnishee. Tilghman filed a motion for reconsideration on May 28. The motion was denied on September 18 by Judge Moorman, and on October 9 Tilghman noted an appeal in general terms, without express mention of either the judgment absolute or of the order denying the motion to strike that judgment. The arguments in…