Rich v. Roberts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiffs were the assignees of an insurance policy for $200. The insured, R. W. Farris, who had suffered a fire loss, assigned the policy to them to satisfy debts due for work and labor.

The insurance company sent the money to pay the fire loss to its local agent, F. W. Roberts, and the defendant, M. C. Snyder, sued Farris and garnisheed the money in the hands of Roberts. Snyder knew that the policy had theretofore been assigned to plaintiffs; and plaintiffs knew of the garnishment proceedings, but were not made parties thereto. Snyder…