Legal Opinion

Reeves Bros. v. Harrington

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 25, 1892PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action on account aided by attachment. The issue was upon the answers of garnishees. There was a judgment discharging the garnishees, and the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.

I. The garnishees are Nellie Harrington and First National Bank. L. Harrington is the defendant, as to whom there is no issue or judgment. The garnishees answered before a commissioner appointed by the court, denying a liability as such, and upon those answers issue was taken and tried to a jury that returned special findings on which was based the judgment discharging them.

II. The plaintiff called as witnesses garnishee Harrington and one Stone on behalf of the bank. Their examination was in part as to assignments to them of contracts for grading by Walsh & Harrington, the Harrington of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pitman v. MolsberrySupreme Court of Iowa · 1878

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Times-Guthrian Publishing Co. v. Guthrie County VedetteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
  2. S. W. Hallenbeck & Son v. GarstSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. Rowen v. SommersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896

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