Moshassuck Felt Mill v. Blanding
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Assumpsit. On motion to charge the garnishee. In this case judgment was given for the plaintiff for $907.88 and costs, and the case came again before the court on the question of the garnishee’s liability.
1Per curiam
This case is before us now on the question whether the British American Assurance Company, an insurance corporation established in Toronto, Canada, and doing business in this State as the United States Branch of the British American Assurance Company of Toronto, Canada, is chargeable as garnishee. The writ was served under Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 432, of May 2, 1884, on Almon K. Goodwin, insurance commissioner of the State, as the agent of said company, by way of garnishment, for the purpose of attaching the personal estate of the defendant in the hands or possession of said corporation. Said…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Bank of Commerce v. HuntingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- McAllister v. Pennsylvania Insurance Co. of PittsburghSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
- Roche v. Rhode Island InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1878
- Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad v. TysonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
- Cousens v. LovejoySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mooney v. Buford & George Manuf'g Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896