Allen v. Woodruff
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Marengo Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Edward J. Gilder. Assumpsit by C. W. Allen against Lea Woodruff with garnishment in aid of suit to the Robertson Banking Company. From a judgment for garnishee plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Marengo Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Edward J. Gilder. Assumpsit by C. W. Allen against Lea Woodruff with garnishment in aid of suit to the Robertson Banking Company. From a judgment for garnishee plaintiff appeals. The deposit was a general and not a special deposit, and the relationship of debtor and creditor existed between Woodruff and the bank. — Ray v. Inc. Co., 34 Ala. 58; Alston v. The State, 92 Ala.. 124; Cwtis v. Pcurker, 136 Ala. 217; Clishy v. Mastin, 150 Ala. 132. Under the answer the garnishee was liable to Woodruff for the debt, for which Woodruff could…
1Opinion of the Court
md GRAFFENRIED, J.
Lea Woodruff is the United States postmaster at the city of Demopolis, and has been accustomed to keep two accounts with the Robertson Banking Company, a corporation doing a banking business in said city. One of .the accounts was kept in the name of “Lea Woodruff,” and the other in the name of “Lea Wooruff, P. M.” The individual moneys of Lea Woodruff were placed to his credit as “Lea Woodruff,” and were checked out by him with checks signed by him in that way. The funds deposited to the credit of “Lea Woodruff, P. M.,” were moneys of the government of the United States, and…
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