Green v. Farmers & Citizens' Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a process of foreign attachment against the Farmers and Citizens’ bank of Long Island as defendants, and Thatcher S. Payne as garnishee, brought to the superior "court for the county of Fairfield, at its session in December, 1856. The plaintiff was described in the writ as residing in the state of Rhode Island, the said Payne as residing in the state of New York, and the defendants as a body corporate by the laws of the state of New York, and located and doing…
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This was a process of foreign attachment against the Farmers and Citizens’ bank of Long Island as defendants, and Thatcher S. Payne as garnishee, brought to the superior "court for the county of Fairfield, at its session in December, 1856. The plaintiff was described in the writ as residing in the state of Rhode Island, the said Payne as residing in the state of New York, and the defendants as a body corporate by the laws of the state of New York, and located and doing business in said state. It appeared by the officers’ return, endorsed on the writ, that service was made on the said Payne at…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The parties in this ease are neither residents nor citizens of the state, and the defendants not having been served with process, the court obviously has no jurisdiction over the case for any purpose, unless a copy of the writ which was left with Thatcher T. Payne, as the attorney, agent, factor, trustee and debtor of the defendants, had the effect to attach any property there might be in his hands, belonging to the defendants, or any debt due from him to them. But Thatcher T. Payne was also a resident citizen of another state, and was only temporarily and transiently *454here at the time the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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