Williams v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of the Second District of Hinds county. Hon. John Watts, judge. On the 26th day of May, 1866, Mary S. Jones, administratrix of William S. Jones, sued out an attachment against Philip Rotchford and Sheperd Brown, surviving partners of Rotchford, Brown & Co., for the sum of $3,116.03, and had Inman Williams, and H. C. Robertson, executor of Hiram D. Robertson, summoned as garnishees.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the Second District of Hinds county. Hon. John Watts, judge. On the 26th day of May, 1866, Mary S. Jones, administratrix of William S. Jones, sued out an attachment against Philip Rotchford and Sheperd Brown, surviving partners of Rotchford, Brown & Co., for the sum of $3,116.03, and had Inman Williams, and H. C. Robertson, executor of Hiram D. Robertson, summoned as garnishees. H. C. Robertson answered: That he was indebted to Rotchford, Brown & Co. in the sum of $300; that he was indebted to said firm in á much larger sum, evidenced by his two promissory notes,…
1Opinion of the CourtPetton, J.
The defendant in error, as administratrix de looms non, with the will annexed, of William S. Jones, deceased, on the 26th day of May, 1866, sued out an attachment against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, of Philip Botehford and Sheperd Brown, survivors of the late firm of Botehford, Brown & Co., for the sum of $3,116.03, returnable into the Circuit Court for the Second District of Hinds county. And the plaintiff in error was summoned as garnishee, to answer what he was indebted to the defendants in the attachment, or what effects of the defendants he had in his hands, or what…
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