Dressor v. McCord
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bond county; the Hon. William IT. Snyder, Judge, presiding. Ryhiner & Co., creditors of George C. McCord, having obtained a judgment for over $4000 against him in the circuit court of Bond county, at the March term of 1876, and having taken other preliminary steps required for that purpose, on the first day of June, 1876, sued out process of garnishment against Nathaniel Dressor, in which it is recited that Dressor “is indebted to the said…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bond county; the Hon. William IT. Snyder, Judge, presiding. Ryhiner & Co., creditors of George C. McCord, having obtained a judgment for over $4000 against him in the circuit court of Bond county, at the March term of 1876, and having taken other preliminary steps required for that purpose, on the first day of June, 1876, sued out process of garnishment against Nathaniel Dressor, in which it is recited that Dressor “is indebted to the said defendant, George C. McCord, or has effects or estate of said defendant in his hands.” This process was served Upon…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dickey
Plainly, this judgment must be reversed. Appellee shows no legal cause of action or right in this proceeding as against Dressor, and his pretended claim of right is such that the remedy adopted is entirely inappropriate. Dressor, by his contract, agreed, upon certain contingencies, which are not shown by this record to have happened, to place 160 acres of land (to be a part of a larger body of land, to be selected by him) so as to render it available in the payment of a note which was executed by George C. McCord, and by John McCord, who was a son-in-law of Dressor; that is to say, he was to…
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