Mershon v. Moors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The plaintiffs brought an action against Edwin S. Wheeler and another, constituting the firm of E. S. Wheeler & Co. of New Haven, Connecticut, upon an account, and garnished the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company and the William Frankfurth Hardware Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The plaintiffs brought an action against Edwin S. Wheeler and another, constituting the firm of E. S. Wheeler & Co. of New Haven, Connecticut, upon an account, and garnished the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company and the William Frankfurth Hardware Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The former garnishee answered, admitting an indebtedness to E. S. Wheeler & Co. in the sum of $921.25 upon an account for merchandise consisting of tin plates sold to it by said firm; and the latter garnishee answered, admitting an indebtedness to E. S. Wheeler & Co.…
1Opinion of the Court
Oole, O. <J.
This is a contest between Moors & Go., of Boston, and the respondents, merchants of Chicago, for certain moneys garnished as the property of E. S. Wheeler & Co., of New ITaven, Conn. The moneys have been paid into court by the garnishees, and the question in the case is, Can Moors & Co. hold them, or are they liable to attachment and garnishee process by the creditors of Wheeler & Co. ? The facts upon which Moors & Co. claim the money are, in substance, these:
In May, 1887, Moors & Co., bankers, issued a letter of credit to E. S. Wheeler & Co. of Liverpool, England, authorizing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McLeod v. EvansWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- Francis v. EvansWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Rawson Manufacturing Co. v. RichardsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Thomas v. RichardsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
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