Meadowcroft v. Agnew
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a garnishment proceeding, brought by the Excelsior Stone Company, against Robert Meadowcroft, a banker, to garnish any .moneys, credits, etc., belonging to Francis Agnew, against whom the said company had recovered a judgment, an execution whereon had been returned “ no property found.”
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a garnishment proceeding, brought by the Excelsior Stone Company, against Robert Meadowcroft, a banker, to garnish any .moneys, credits, etc., belonging to Francis Agnew, against whom the said company had recovered a judgment, an execution whereon had been returned “ no property found.” The answer of Meadowcroft to the original interrogatories filed stated explicitly that he had no property, credits, etc., in his possession belonging to Agnew, and that he was not in any manner indebted to him.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
Section 11 of the Garnishment act (Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 552,) provides that if it appears that any goods, chattels, credits or effects, in the hands of a garnishee, are claimed by any other person, the court shall permit such claimant to appear and " maintain his right; and section 12, that if such claimant appears he may be admitted as a party to the suit, so far as respects his title fib the property in question, and may allege and prove any facts not stated nor denied by the garnishee, and such allegation shall be tried and determined in the manner thereinbefore provided.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
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