Cator ex rel. Central Bank of Alabama v. Merrill

Judgment having been obtained by plaintiff against defendants, a writ offieri facias was issued thereupon ; and Jennison Eager, the appel-lee, was cited as garnishee, and interrogatories served upon him on the 24th April, 1858. He answered that he had in his hands, at the service of the interrogatories, 629 bales of gunny bags, belonging to defendants, as collateral security, upon which he (garnishee) had issued his acceptance of said H. B. Merrill’s draft for eighteen thousand dollars, payable six months from the 12th March, 1858 ; that garnishee had also an account for charges, storage,…