Jones v. Glover
Supreme Court of Georgia
Garnishment and claim. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. December term, 1892. The contest was over a fund in the hands of Warren & Axson, garnishees in a suit against Maddox. Jones filed a claim to the fund.
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Garnishment and claim. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. December term, 1892. The contest was over a fund in the hands of Warren & Axson, garnishees in a suit against Maddox. Jones filed a claim to the fund. Before the service, on May 29, 189,0, of the summons of garnishment, a draft of Maddox in favor of Jones, dated May 24, 1890, was presented to the garnishees, who declined to pay it until their account against the firm of Kreutz & Co., of which Maddox had been a partner, was settled. The testimony showed that ydien this partnership was formed, the garnishees assumed a large…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. The question on the merits-was, whether the fund garnished in the hands of Warren & Axson was the property of Maddox at the time the garnishment was served, or whether it was the property of Jones by reason of the draft previously drawn by Maddox, payable to the order of Jones, upon Warren & Axson, and indorsed by Jones to Baldwin & Co. Notice that the draft would be drawn was communicated to the drawees by a letter from Maddox, which they received before they were served with the garnishment; but this letter, although it stated that a trade had been made with…
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