Willet v. Price
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari, in Sumter Superior Court. Decided by Judge Allen, at the October Term, 1860. The record in this case exhibits the following facts, to-wit: John "V. Price sued out an attachment against George A. Brown, returnable to the May Term, 1857, of the Inferior Court of Sumter county, in which Asabel A. Willet was served with a writ of garnishment requiring him to appear at the said May Term, 1857, of said Inferior Court, then and there to answer, on oath, what he was…
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Certiorari, in Sumter Superior Court. Decided by Judge Allen, at the October Term, 1860. The record in this case exhibits the following facts, to-wit: John "V. Price sued out an attachment against George A. Brown, returnable to the May Term, 1857, of the Inferior Court of Sumter county, in which Asabel A. Willet was served with a writ of garnishment requiring him to appear at the said May Term, 1857, of said Inferior Court, then and there to answer, on oath, what he was indebted to, or what effects of the said George A. Brown he then had in his hands, or did have, at the time of serving said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion.
John V. Price having prayed an attachment against Geo. A. Brown, returnable to the May Term, 1857, of Sumter Inferior Court, caused a summons of garnishment to be served on Asabel A. Willet, returnable to that term of the Court. To this summons Willet failed to make answer at the return term, and at the November Term, 1857, after the plaintiff in attachment, Price, had obtained judgment on the attachment against the principal debtor, Brown, the Court, on motion of plaintiff’s counsel, gave judgment against the garnishee, Willet, for the principal…
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