Chicago Coffin Co. v. Maxwell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. Garnishment. The garnishee, an attorney at law, had in his hands for collection several claims against the defendants, amounting to $546.53. On June 14,1886, pursuant to an agreement by which the time for payment of such claims was to be extended for six months, the defendants executed to him, in trust for the several creditors whose claims he so held, a note for $546.53, payable on or before six months after date, and a…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. Garnishment. The garnishee, an attorney at law, had in his hands for collection several claims against the defendants, amounting to $546.53. On June 14,1886, pursuant to an agreement by which the time for payment of such claims was to be extended for six months, the defendants executed to him, in trust for the several creditors whose claims he so held, a note for $546.53, payable on or before six months after date, and a chattel mortgage of a large portion of their stock in trade. This action was commenced June 22, 1886, by a creditor whose…
1Opinion of the CourtOeton, J.
The action was commenced béfore a justice, and a garnishee summons served upon said respondent. The respondent, as such garnishee, answered that he held certain property of the defendants as mortgagee, in trust for certain creditors, and issue having been joined on said answer, and upon the trial thereof, judgment was rendered in the original action against said defendants and in favor of said respondent as such garnishee. On appeal, in the circuit court, the said respondent, as such garnishee, testified' that he held certain property of the defendants by a *284chattel mortgage, in trust for…
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