Shanghnessy v. Fogg

Merrick, O. J.

The plaintiff having issued an execution against his judgment debtor, propounded twenty-one interrogatories, under the Act of 1839, to the garnishee, A. T. Steele, Esq., an attorney and counsellor at law, in order to ascertain whether he has funds in his hands belonging to the defendant.

A. T. Steele answered the first three, and declined to answer the remaining interrogatories except partially, on the ground that he was called upon to disclose privileged communications received from his clients, and that the facts sought can only be proved in a revocatory action, and not in a…