Hardesty v. Campbell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an attachment issued on the 12th of October, 1866, on a judgment recovered by the appellant against David Moore, and laid in the hands of James M ason Campbell, as Administrator of Margaret Moore, deceased. The garnishee appeared, and without pleading moved to quash the attachment for the following reasons: 1st. Because the attachment was. laid in the hands of an administrator. 2nd.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an attachment issued on the 12th of October, 1866, on a judgment recovered by the appellant against David Moore, and laid in the hands of James M ason Campbell, as Administrator of Margaret Moore, deceased. The garnishee appeared, and without pleading moved to quash the attachment for the following reasons: 1st. Because the attachment was. laid in the hands of an administrator. 2nd. Because the administrator had made no distribution .or administration in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. 3rd. Because the estate and effects of the…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
The Code of Pub. Gen. Laws, Art. 10, sec. 30, authorizes any plaintiff having a judgment in any court of law in this State, to issue an attachment instead of any other execution against the lands, tenements, goods, chattels and credits of the defendant, in the plaintiff’s own hands or in the hands of any other person. Sec. 31, provides that if neither the defendant nor garnishee, in whose hands such property or credits were attached, appear at the return of the attachment, and show sufficient cause to the contrary, the court shall condemn the said property and credits, so attached and award…
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