Garland v. Harrington
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
The writ was brought by Joseph Garland against Wm. Harrington, defendant, and the Concord Railroad Company, trustee, and dated Nov. 29, 1870, and served on the trustee Nov. 30, 1870. John Morrissey and John Morrissey & Co. appeared as claimants of the fund in the hands of the trustee.
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The writ was brought by Joseph Garland against Wm. Harrington, defendant, and the Concord Railroad Company, trustee, and dated Nov. 29, 1870, and served on the trustee Nov. 30, 1870. John Morrissey and John Morrissey & Co. appeared as claimants of the fund in the hands of the trustee. Jail. 16, 1871, the trustee made a disclosure as follows: “ We are owing the defendant for work done in October, 1870, $30.20 ; and for work done in November, 1870, $42.80. Oct. 14, 1870, a writ was served on the Concord Railroad as trustee, in favor of Abbie Murray against said Harrington, and the writ in this…
1Opinion of the CourtFostbR, J.
It appears by the case that the defendant, being in the service of the Concord railroad, his employment being “ by the day, payment being made monthly by the company,” and being indebted to John Morrissey in the sum of §12.18, on the 11th of August, 1870, made an assignment to said Morrissey of all the pay, wages, money, debts, and demands then due, and which should become due prior to the 1st of November, from the Concord Railroad Co. to the defendant, for labor and services, &c.; and that, on the 1st day of November, 1870, the defendant, still being indebted to the said Morrissey or to…
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