Peters v. League
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Bill by the appellant, against the appellees, for an injunction to restrain the execution of a judgment of condemnation, which George 13, League, one of the appellees, had obtained against the complainant, as garnishee of Luke League.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Bill by the appellant, against the appellees, for an injunction to restrain the execution of a judgment of condemnation, which George 13, League, one of the appellees, had obtained against the complainant, as garnishee of Luke League. The bill states, that League having, or pretending to have, obtained a judgment against his brother, Luke League, caused an attachment thereon to be issued, by a justice of the peace, directed to Madison Jeffers, a .constable, who returned the same as laid in the hands of-Peters, as garnishee, and a judgment of…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
The evidencie shows, that the process of attachment was, in fact, served on the appellant; there is therefore no jurisdiction for enjoining the execution, on the ground of surprise, in obtaining the judgment of condemnation. He might have made ail proper defences before the justice of the peace.
We cannot, on this appeal, inquire into the authority of the justice who issued the warrant against Luke League, on which the judgment was rendered against him; and which is said to have been the basis of the attachment laid in the hands of the appellant. The validity of that judgment cannot be…
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