Charles Maloney & Co. v. Gonhue
Michigan Supreme Court
Error t,o Delta; Stone, J. Garnishment proceedings by Charles Maloney & Company against the public schools of Escanaba as garnishee of Leonard Gonhue. Charles H. Norton and others intervened as claimants of the fund. There was judgment for plaintiff on a verdict directed by the court, and the claimants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The public schools in Escanaba were indebted to Leonard Gonhue, who in turn was a debtor of the plaintiff and several other persons, among whom was a firm known as Norton Brothers. He gave to Norton Brothers a written order in the following words:
“Escanaba, Mich., Nov. 4, 1905. “Board op Education,
“City:
“Please pay to Norton Brothers, or order, the sum of Five Hundred and Forty-two Dollars, and charge the same to my account, and oblige.
“Leonard Gonhue.”
The money was due upon a contract for building.
The plaintiff attempted to reach this money by garnishment proceedings, and, being permitted to…
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