Bolton v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — HoN. H. M. Reihley, Judge. The appellant is tbe garnishee of tbe principal defendant, S. C. Bailey, against whom tbe plaintiff obtained a judgment in 1900. Tbe appellant answered as such garnishee, and, upon bis answer alone, judgment was rendered against him for tbe amount claimed by tbe plaintiff. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSiierwiN, J.
Tbe appellant is tbe soel of S. C. Bailey, and his answer as garnishee showed tbat in 1896 bis father assigned and transferred to him, as a gift, certain notes, aggregating in amount more than tbe judgment rendered against him as garnishee. There wasjnothing in tbe appellant’s answer tending even remotely to show tbat at tbe time *730of tbe transfer of the notes to him his father was insolvent, or without sufficient property remaining in his hands to pay all of his just debts. Before the garnishment proceedings, however, the father had testified in a proceeding supplemental to execution, to which…
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