Wilson v. Bartholomew

"Wilson in 1869 recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace against George E. Loomis for $15.30 damages and $1.85 costs. On the 2d of December, 1879, and more than two and a half years later, Wilson proceeded on the basis of this judgment debt to garnish Bartholomew. The latter appeared and disclosed that he had in his barn a mare belonging to the principal defendant and worth not to exceed $40 in his opinion. Certain other proceedings occurred which do not seem important now. The usual summons to show cause was issued and Bartholomew regularly appeared pursuant to it, and issue was…