Farmers Trust & Savings Bank v. Bannworth

Action against the principal defendant to recover upon two promissory notes. At the time the action was brought a statutory garnishee summons and affidavit of garnishment were served upon the garnishee. The garnishee denied any liability. Issue was taken upon this return and the matter tried to the court upon the issues raised by the pleadings in garnishment.

It would seem that the principal defendant executed a chattel mortgage on certain personal property to the garnishee to secure a note of $1,000. The record shows that the trial court proceeded on the theory that it had jurisdiction to…