First National Bank of Rockville v. Walker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on two promissory notes indorsed by the defendants ; brought to the Superior Court in Tolland County. The defendants resided in the state of New York, and no other service of the writ was made than by the garnishment of a debtor of the defendants residing in this state. The plaintiff was located in this state. The court, (F. B. Sail, J".,) sustained a plea to the jurisdiction and the plaintiff appealed to this court. The ease is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
This is a suit, by a resident plaintiff, against defendants residing in the state of New York, commenced by process of foreign attachment. The defendants appeared only for the purpose of pleading to the jurisdiction. The Superior Court sustained the plea and dismissed the cause. The plaintiff appealed.
It appears that, before the suit was brought, the debt due from the garnishee to the defendants had been assigned by the defendants, in a general voluntary assignment at common law for the benefit of creditors, of which the garnishee had received due notice; and the sole question relates to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Paine v. LesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Pond v. CookeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Clark v. Connecticut Peat Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1868
- Cooke v. Town of OrangeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Egbert v. BakerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
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