Veeder Manufacturing Co. v. Marshall-Sanders Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on contract against a nonresident, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County by process of foreign attachment, the garnishee being a citizen of Hartford. By order of court, Ooats, J., the cause was stricken from the docket. The original service of process in the action was only by leaving a true and attested copy of the writ with the garnishee.
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Action on contract against a nonresident, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County by process of foreign attachment, the garnishee being a citizen of Hartford. By order of court, Ooats, J., the cause was stricken from the docket. The original service of process in the action was only by leaving a true and attested copy of the writ with the garnishee. After the return of the writ the court ordered notice of the pendency of the action to be given to the defendant by registered mail. This was done and the notice was received by the defendant. The garnishee was in fact indebted to…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
General Statutes, § 880, provides that where a debt is due from any person to the defendant in any civil action, the plaintiff may insert in his writ a direction to the officer to leave a true and attested copy thereof and of the accompanying complaint, at least twelve days before the session of the court to which it is returnable, with such debtor of the defendant, and that from the time of leaving such copy any debt due from such garnishee to the defendant shall be secured in the hands of such garnishee to pay such judgment as the plaintiff may recover. Other statutes provide that in…
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