Hamill v. Champlin

Two of the rulings excepted to were erroneous. The court below ruled that a garnishee who has made affidavit or rendered an account on oath as required by Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 197, § 10, is nevertheless liable to be sued under § 18, if he neglects or refuses to answer the interrogatories propounded to him under § 12. The ruling was contrary to the decision of this court in Falk v. Flint, ante, page 14. The exception to the ruling must therefore be sustained.

The court below also made the following ruling. The original action in which the defendants were served as garnishees was commenced in…