Legal Opinion

Coda v. Thompson

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 21, 1894PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Thompson Bros, cited Code c. 106, s. 5, 14; Id. c. 124, s. 2; Drake Attchm. §§ 451c, 451a, 451b ; Sath. Stat. Const. § 392; 58 la. 703; 58 Wis. 619; 67 Wis. 653. I. — -The statute requires a garnishee to appear at the next term of the court, and can not be construed so as to make a writ, re-turnablethe second term after its issnuace,good. — Code c. 106, s. 5; 37 W. Ya. 847 ; 10 W. Ya. 130 ; 1 Dev. (N. C.) 397; 50 Mich. 358 ; 58 la. 703; W. Ya.

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Thompson Bros, cited Code c. 106, s. 5, 14; Id. c. 124, s. 2; Drake Attchm. §§ 451c, 451a, 451b ; Sath. Stat. Const. § 392; 58 la. 703; 58 Wis. 619; 67 Wis. 653. I. — -The statute requires a garnishee to appear at the next term of the court, and can not be construed so as to make a writ, re-turnablethe second term after its issnuace,good. — Code c. 106, s. 5; 37 W. Ya. 847 ; 10 W. Ya. 130 ; 1 Dev. (N. C.) 397; 50 Mich. 358 ; 58 la. 703; W. Ya. Code, c. 106, s. 14. II. — The motion to amend the writ was properly overruled; for such amendmant would have resulted in either therequirement of an…

1Opinion of the Court

Shannon, PRESIDENT :

These two" cases involve one and the same question. They were actions of assumpsit with attachments, in which the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company was a garnishee ; and the single question, we must decide is : Was the action of the court in quashing the garnishment and discharging the garnishee correct?

The ground on which this action rests is that the order indorsed on the attachment by the clerk on the 10th of April, 1893, required the garmishee to appear on the first day of the September term, 1893, of the Circuit Court of Wayne county, passing over an intervening May…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Edler v. HascheWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Padden v. MooreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  3. Lavell v. McCurdy's Ex'orsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
  4. Ringold v. SuiterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
  5. McDonald v. VinetteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Town of Point Pleasant v. GreenleeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Fisher, Sons & Co. v. CrowleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Lebow v. Macomber & Whyte Rope Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Lee v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Reed v. SchwarzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954

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