Jackson v. Valley Tie & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Staunton. Appellant filed a petition claiming the fund in litigation by reason of the fact that the principal debtor had been adjudged a bankrupt within four months after the levy of complainant’s attachment and that he was the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate. From a decree dismissing the petition, the petitioner appealed. •
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
On the 13th of September, 1906, E. K. Nercereau sued out of the Corporation Court of the city of Staunton a chancery attachment against H. 1ST. Girard, the ground of the attachment being that Girard was a non-resident; and on that day the process in the suit was served on the Valley Tie and Lumber Company, a partnership, as garnishee defendant.
On November 5, 1906, in the city of Washington, D. C., the defendant Girard was adjudicated bankrupt on his own petition. February 19, 1907, E. H. Jackson, filed his petition in this attachment suit, setting forth the adjudication of Girard a bankrupt,…
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