Campbell v. Emerson

OPINION OP THE COURT. This action is brought on a promissory note for the payment of money. The defendants pleaded in abatement that, on the 7th October, instant, a certain suit, in attachment, in favor of certain persons by the names of Southgate, Blake, and Adams, against Emerson, one of the plaintiffs in this suit, and that the defendant, Emerson, and said Moore, were summoned as garnishees, &c. To this plea the plaintiffs demurred, and assigned for cause, that this action, and the suit in attachment, are different. That the causes of action are different, and that the suit, in attachment,…