Claflin v. Sommers

The plaintiffs sued the defendant by attachment, and upon the writ of attach ment garnished a number of parties, as debtors on open account of the attachment defendant. Bakrow filed an interplea claiming that the accounts owing by the persons garnished had accrued in favor of Sommers, and had been sold, assigned and transferred by Sommers to himself for a valuable consideration prior to the garnishment of the debtors, who owed the accounts. The plaintiffs filed an answer to the interplea containing a general denial only. Upon a trial had of the issues made by the inter-plea and answer, the…