Lang v. Simmons
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. Garnishment. The facts are stated in the opinion. The issues were tried by the court, which found that the assignment to the garnishee was regular and valid. Prom a judgment accordingly, dismissing the garnishee proceedings, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTayloR, J.
This is a garnishee action, in which Simmons is garnishee in the action of the appellant, William Lcmg, against I). C. Lang and J. II. Lang. The Langs were debtors of the appellant, and the garnishee claims to be the assignee of said debtors under a voluntary assignment made by the Langs before the garnishee action was commenced. The only question in the case is whether the assignment is void, under our statutes, as to the appellant, a creditor of the assignors at the time the assignment was made.
The learned counsel for the appellant urge that the assignment is void for three reasons: (1)…
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