Walton v. Sharp

Cooke, Sp. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court..

This was a proceeding by garnishment. The summons was in the words following, to-wit:

“To Jas. E. Johnson: By virtue of an execution in-my hands against the estate of Nancy Walton, I summon you to appear before the judge of the circuit court for-Campbell county, Tennessee, at the next term of the circuit court to be held for said county, at the courthouse in Jacksboro, on the third Monday of March 1881, to answer on oath such questions' as may be *579propounded to you touching your indebtedness to Nancy Walton, or her credits, effects or property…