Netter v. Board of Trade

Section 21, Chapter 11, of the Revised Statutes directs, that when an officer is unable to find property of the defendant sufficient to satisfy an attachment, he shall summon the persons mentioned in the writ as garnishees, and all other persons in his county “ whom the creditors shall designate as having any property, effects, choses in action, or credits in his possession or power, belonging to the defendant, or who are in anywise indebted to the defendant,” and that the persons so summoned shall be considered as garnishees.

The fifth section of the statute in relation to garnishment…