Byers v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank

James C. Byers married Mrs. T. B. Creak, a widow, on August 17,1907. The widow Creak on May 2,1907, suffered John E. Wright to recover against her a judgment for $49 and costs of suit. This judgment remained unsatisfied at the time of her marriage to Byers. On October 14, 1907, this proceeding of garnishment was commenced in the Municipal Court against Theresa Byers, formerly Creak, to subject the money on deposit in her name with the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank to the payment of Wright’s judgment for $49. At the time of the service of process on the Bank there was to her credit in two…