Karnes v. Pritchard

This is an action to charge the defendant as garnishee on an execution in favor of this plaintiff and against one Joseph Hill. The proceedings were originally had before a justice of the peace; and on the 19th November, 1863, the defendant, in answering the interrogatories, said, “lam indebted to the defendant Joseph Hill in the sum of one hundred and ten dollars, which will be due on the twenty-fifth of December, A. D. 1863. By the terms of the contract with the said Hill, I am to pay a part of the rent of said place in repairs and taxes. I am not able at this time to ascertain the exact…