Wybrants v. Rice

The plaintiff in error was summoned as garnishee in the suit of Rice & Nichols against R. M. Hannay. In his answer he “stated that on the 7th day of June, 1846, he purchased of the said Hannay an amount of that estate, with the stock of merchandise in the store at Huntsville, Walker county, Texas; also all debts due said Hannay for merchandise sold at his mercantile establishment in said Huntsville; the consideration for which was paid to said Hannay in New Orleans, at the time of *459the purchase by said Wy brants, except three hundred and eighty dollars; for which said Wy brants executed a…