National Bank v. Staley

The respondent, on an execution against Stilson Hutchins, garnished Staley & Scott, auctioneers, as holding in their hands money, the proceeds of a sale of furniture, which, as the respondent claimed, belonged to Hutchins. Billings filed an interplea, claiming that the money belonged to him, and that Hutchins had no interest in it. This the respondent denied. Upon the trial, there was evidence tending to show that Hutchins and Billings, in 1877, and before, lived together in St. Louis in a house owned by Hutchins, each contributing towards the household expenses. In the winter or spring of…