Henderson v. Farley

This action was originally instituted before a justice of the peace for Spokane precinct. Judgment having been rendered by the justice in favor of plaintiff and against the defendant for the sum of $49.94, after the entry of this judgment, plaintiff sued out a writ of garnishment directed to Spokane county, a municipal corporation, to which writ the county answered, denying indebtedness on its part to the defendant. Plaintiff controverted this answer, and the trial of the issue so made resulted in an order discharging the county upon its answer, from which order the plaintiff appealed to the…