Legal Opinion

Trickett v. Moore

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1886PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from Johnson District Court. On May_ 5, 1883, J. T. Trickett brought his action in a justice’s court of Johnson county against Jonathan Harris, and in that action had a garnishment notice served upon F. M. Moore and J. R. Moore, requiring them to answer touching any property in their hands or under their control or indebtedness from them to said Harris.

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Error from Johnson District Court. On May_ 5, 1883, J. T. Trickett brought his action in a justice’s court of Johnson county against Jonathan Harris, and in that action had a garnishment notice served upon F. M. Moore and J. R. Moore, requiring them to answer touching any property in their hands or under their control or indebtedness from them to said Harris. The defendants answered that they had no property belonging to Harris under their control, and that they were not indebted to him in any sum. Subsequently the original cause came on for trial, and plaintiff recovered judgment against…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

Various questions are discussed at length in the briefs furnished upon the hearing of this case, but only *757one question needs to be noticed. This disposes of the case. The action in which the garnishment summons issued was entitled, J. T. Trickett v. Jonathan Harris. The affidavit for garnishment alleged that Adam Rankin, J. R. Moore and F. M. Moore are indebted to Jonathan Harris, and that Jonathan Harris is justly indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $200 over and above all legal set-off. Judgment was rendered against Jonathan Harris…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Knaggs v. MastinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  2. Winston v. EwingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1840
  3. Sheedy v. Second National BankSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Carr v. CatlinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  5. Lyndon v. GorhamU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1812

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Gaynes v. WallingfordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1959
  2. Battjes Fuel & Building Material Co. v. MilanowskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
  3. California Reduction Co. v. Sanitary Reduction WorksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1903
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
  5. F. B. Scott Co. v. ScheidtNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1916

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