Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping MacHine Co. v. Edwards

RAINEY, Associate Justice.

— Appellant sued out a writ of garnishment in a Justice Court in Ellis County against J. F. Edwards, who lived in Johnson County. Edwards voluntarily answered. His answer was defective in not stating that he had no effects of the defendant in his hands at the time the writ of garnishment was served on him. Plaintiff filed exceptions to the answer, and also filed a controverting affidavit. The exceptions were sustained, and thereupon judgment was rendered for plaintiff against Edwards, the garnishee. Edwards in a few days thereafter made a motion to set aside the…