Washington Loan & Trust Co. v. Susquehanna Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal (specially allowed) by a garnishee from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, at law, requiring it to answer certain interrogatories.
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Hearing on an appeal (specially allowed) by a garnishee from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, at law, requiring it to answer certain interrogatories. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This case is now before this court upon a special appeal allowed from an order of the court below requiring the Washington Loan & Trust Company, the appellant, to answer, as garnishee, certain interrogatories propounded to it by the Susquehanna Coal Company, the appellee, plaintiff below, in an action at law against John Kennedy to recover from him $24,-000 for coal…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McComas
On behalf of the appellant, it is urged that a trust company cannot be compelled by attachment proceedings to disclose whether or not it has in its possession, or under its control, a safe-deposit box belonging to a defendant in attachment proceedings; and, if the attachment be based upon affidavits averring that the defendant’s wife and son have aided the defendant in disposing of his property to defraud his creditors, and have thereafter deposited large sums of money in a safe-deposit box standing in the name of the defendant, or in the name of his wife or son, the trust company, as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Trowbridge v. SpinningWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- United States v. GraffNew York Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by3 opinions
- Blanks v. RadfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
- Frank v. MaloneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Blanks v. RadfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945