Sperry v. Gallaher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Greene District Court. — Hon. J. P. Conner, Judge. On the twenty-second day of February, 1888, tlie plaintiffs commenced an action against one Speers upon an account for goods sold. An attachment was sued out, and J. A. Gallaher, the appellant, was garnished.
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Appeal from Greene District Court. — Hon. J. P. Conner, Judge. On the twenty-second day of February, 1888, tlie plaintiffs commenced an action against one Speers upon an account for goods sold. An attachment was sued out, and J. A. Gallaher, the appellant, was garnished. Judgment was rendered against Speers, and the answer of appellant garnishee was taken in open court, and, on motion of the plaintiffs, judgment was rendered against him for the amount of the judgment and costs against against Speers. The garnishee appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
It appeared by the answer of the garnishee that on the eighth day of February, 1888, Speers made a general assignment of his property to Gallaher, the garnishee, for the benefit of his creditors. In the examination of the garnishee the assignment was produced. It was claimed by the plaintiffs to be void upon its face, and, as it was conceded that the garnishee was in possession of a large amount of the property of Speers, which he held by virtue of the assignment, it was claimed that judgment should be rendered against the garnishee. The court sustained the claim made by the plaintiffs, and…
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