Clay Lumber Co. v. Hart's Branch Coal Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb; McKay, J. Garnishment proceedings in justice’s court by the Clay Lumber Company against George Steffens and Charles Steffens as garnishee of the Hart’s Branch Coal Company, principal defendant. From a judgment for defendants plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for plaintiff and said garnishees bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Steere, O. J.
The contention in this controversy relates to garnishment proceedings against Charles and George Steffens, the garnishee defendants herein. They were stockholders and directors of the Hart’s Branch Coal Company, principal defendants, and are claimed to have been indebted to it. This claim of indebtedness and their denial present the foundation issue.
The action was commenced in justice’s court on November 6, 1908, by summons; two writs being simultaneously issued and served on that day, one against the principal defendant, the Hart’s Branch Coal Company, in an action in assumpsit,…
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