Carter v. Lockwood

In this case, John W. Doane & Co., brought suit in assumpsit against Henry B. Lockwood, to recover an indebtedness of $4,101.42, and afterward sued out a writ of attachment in aid of their suit, and caused Oliver S. Carter, Henry E. Hawley and George II. Maey, the members of the firm of Carter, Hawley & Co., to be named therein as garnishees. The writ was served on Carter only, and he in due time filed his answer in writing under oath to the interrogatories exhibited by the plaintiffs. Said answer being excepted and demurred to by the plaintiffs as insufficient, the exceptions and demurrer…