Pickering, Etc. v. Hartsock

This is a garnishment proceeding growing out of a judgment, against the defendant Hartsock, a physician of Albany, Missouri, who was sued by plaintiff for malpractice. The judgment was in the sum of $5000 and defendant appealed. He was given ten days after the term in which the judgment was rendered to file an appeal bond but the appeal was never perfected. He carried a liability policy with the garnishee who employed a local attorney to defend the suit and perfect the appeal. After the ten days for filing the appeal bond had elapsed, plaintiff’s attorney inquired of the local attorney on…