Dothan Grocery Co. v. H. L. Wofford Son
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Oourt, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Action by the ■ Dothan Grocery Company against H. L. Wolford & Son, defendants, and Whatley Bros. & Chambliss, garnishees. From a judgment discharging the garnishees, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Oourt, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Action by the ■ Dothan Grocery Company against H. L. Wolford & Son, defendants, and Whatley Bros. & Chambliss, garnishees. From a judgment discharging the garnishees, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Oourt of Appeals under section 6, Acts 1911, p. 450. Appellant, Dothan Grocery Company, sued H. L. Wofford & Son in the circuit, court of Houston county, and recovered a judgment against the partnership, and against the individual members of the partnership, in the sum of $572. Appellants sued out a writ of garnishment against the…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
This appeal is from the judgment of the circuit court of Houston county, sitting without a jury, discharging the garnishee upon a hearing on a contest of, the garnishee’s answer on file. The statement of the case sufficiently discloses the contract which the garnishee Whatley had with the judgment debtor, Wofford.
Counsel for appellees in his brief states that the principal question presented on this appeal is:
“Could Whatley, after the service of the writ of garnishment and without liability to the plaintiff, make advances of absolute necessities to Wofford?”
The service of the garnishment writ…
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