Blumenthal v. Simons
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Person, J. Garnishment 'proceedings by Albert Blumenthal and others against Benjamin F. Simons, as principal defendant, and David Burnham, a judgment debtor of Simons, as garnishee defendant. Arthur O. Bement, assignee of the judgment against Burnham, Quincy A. Smith, Richard A. Montgomery, and Jay P. Lee claimed the proceeds of the judgment, which had been paid into court. From a judgment for claimants, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.'
Simons recovered a judgment against Burnham for §3,000 in the circuit court of Ingham county, which was affirmed in this court September 25, 1894. 102 Mich. 189. Pending the appeal, the plaintiffs garnished Burnham, by proceedings instituted January 14, 1893. On January 9, 1893, Simons- assigned the judgment and certain accounts due him to A. O. Bement, in trust, to collect and receive the same, and apply the-proceeds to certain debts of Simons, therein enumerated. Bement took the accounts and proceeded to collect the same. At this time Bement was accommodation indorser for Simons…
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- Simons v. BurnhamMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
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- Farwell v. ChambersMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
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