Henry v. Gates
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Branch; Yaple, J. Bill by Warren Henry against Jesse Gates and Delos P. Leonard to reach the interest of William B. Gates, a judgment debtor, impleaded with said defendants, in certain moneys in the hands of defendant Gates as executor of the will of Ellen A. Jones, deceased. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The complainant obtained a judgment against William B. Gates in justice’s court for $208.79 damages and $2.30 costs, in the year 1877. Execution was issued, and returned unsatisfied, as appears from the execution. The justice is dead, and after diligent search it was impossible to find his docket, or any paper in the case except the execution and return. The issue of this execution was delayed upon the promise of Gates to sell his wheat and pay the judgment; but, after selling his wheat, he absconded, and has since lived in the State of *380Washington. In the year 1897, his sister, residing in…
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