Cox v. Reeves
Supreme Court of Georgia
Garnishment. Bailments. Title. Principal and Agent. Before Judge Boynton. Pike Superior Court. October Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
J. W. Reeves had certain cotton levied on and sold by a constable, and it brought $69 over and above what was sufficient to pay the execution levied on it. This money was in the hands of the constable, who had been directed by Reeves to pay it over to his brother,. H. H. Reeves, to be paid to his mother, Mrs. Paulina L. Reeves. Cox, a *544creditor of J. W. Reeves, sued out a summons of garnishment, which was served on H. H. Reeves. H. H. Reeves answered that summons, and it appeared from his answer that this $69 was in his hands; that it was in his hands at the time this…
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