Pearce & Co. v. Shorter & Brother

The appeal is from a judgment discharging the garnishees, Shorter & Brother, in a suit commenced by attachment against Wilkins & Brothers. The affidavit, attachment, and complaint set out the names of the individuals composing the partnerships, both plaintiff and defendant. The several plaintiffs, as partners, under their firm name, claim of the several defendants, as partners, under their firm name, the amount of a bill of exchange made by the defendant partnership, and indorsed to the plaintiffs. The garnishment served on the garnishees calls on them to answer, whether they are indebted to,…