Webster v. Steele

While our statute in regard to garnishment, under which this proceeding was commenced in the court below, is comprehensive in its provisions, we do not think equitable claims can be subjected to this process. The terms employed are, “ indebted,” or “ hath any effects or estate ” in his custody or charge, enumerating “ lands, tenements, goods, chattels, moneys, choses in action, credits and effects.” The “ effects or estate,” spoken of, in the charge or custody of the garnishee, must belong to the defendant in attachment, or judgment debtor, and the choses in action or credits must be due or…