Shepherd v. Bridenstine
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. Bell Stuart, Judge. This is a proceeding in garnishment. The plaintiff is the owner of a judgment against Ursula Bridenstine. He issued an execution upon the judgment, and attached Ursula Bridenstine, as administratrix of the estate of I. W. Bridenstine, deceased, as garnishee, claiming that she, as administratrix, owed a debt to herself as an individual.
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Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. Bell Stuart, Judge. This is a proceeding in garnishment. The plaintiff is the owner of a judgment against Ursula Bridenstine. He issued an execution upon the judgment, and attached Ursula Bridenstine, as administratrix of the estate of I. W. Bridenstine, deceased, as garnishee, claiming that she, as administratrix, owed a debt to herself as an individual. The defendant answered as garnishee, upon which answer the plaintiff moved for judgment. The motion was overruled, and the garnishee was discharged. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRotheock, C. J.
— The facts as disclosed by the answer of the garnishee, and upon which the' plaintiff demanded judgment, are as follows:. I. W. Bridenstine, the husband of the defendant, was killed in a railroad *226accident by the unlawful act of a railroad company; and bn the twenty-third day of March, 1888, the defendant was duly appointed administratrix of his estate. On the nineteenth day of November, 1888, by permission of the court, and in pursuance of an order in probate, the defendant assigned the claim she held against the railroad company to one Wells for four thousand dollars, which sum she held in…
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