Legal Opinion

Allegheny Savings Bank v. Meyer

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 4, 1868PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county: No. 36, to October and November Term 1868. This was an attachment-execution by Joseph. Meyer & Brother on a judgment in their favor against John Kerwin, in which The Allegheny Savings Bank was the garnishee.

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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county: No. 36, to October and November Term 1868. This was an attachment-execution by Joseph. Meyer & Brother on a judgment in their favor against John Kerwin, in which The Allegheny Savings Bank was the garnishee. The 2d and 3d interrogatories to the garnishee were as follows: “ 2. Have you had commercial or other transactions with the said John Kerwin ? If yea, what was the state of your accounts with the said John Kerwin on the 25th day of May 1867 ? Annex a copy of each account to your answer hereto. “ 3. Was there, or was there not, a…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered, November 16th 1868, by

Williams, J.

The Allegheny Savings Bank, plaintiff in error, *363was summoned as garnishee of John Kerwin in an attachment execution issued on a judgment against him at the suit of Joseph Meyer & Bro., the defendants in error. The writ was executed May 27th 1867, and the hank having answered the interrogatories filed hy the plaintiffs in the attachment execution, the court below, on the Bd January 1868, ordered that judgment be entered against the bank for the sum of $1865.30, with interest from the 27th May 1867, to wit, $1921.58, to…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Rankin v. CulverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  2. Collins v. O'Donnell (Ins. Co.)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. McGeary v. HuffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  4. Wanamaker & Brown v. MuldoonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  5. Powers v. SlatterySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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