Norvell v. Porter

Attachment suit; ground, non-residence. Writ as to defendant returned non est, and as to Wells, a garnishee, the return was as follows :

“Served the within writ in the township of Calumet, county of Pike and State of Missouri, on the 5th day of December, 1873, at 7 o’clock in the morning, by summoning James B. Wells, as garnishee, to appear before the judge of the Louisiana Court of Common Pleas, to 'answer at the May term, 1874, touching his indebtedness to W. B. Porter.”

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The motion of the defendant, who appeared by attorney, to quash the writ should have prevailed. The return, while it…