Hanaford v. Hawkins

The garnishees made an affidavit setting forth that at the time of the service of the' writ upon them, for the purpose of attaching the personal estate of the defendant in their hands, they had such personal estate to the amount of two hundred and thirty-three dollars, the net proceeds of a judgment collected by them in favor of said defendant; provided no. legal effect should be given to the fact that they had received a letter from John A. Hawkins, prior to this garnishment, stating that he had purchased said judgment; but if the.fact stated in said letter was true and the right to the…