Gateway Produce Co. v. Sunset Fruit & Produce Co.

The appellant sued the Sunset Fruit & Produce Company for damages for breach of contract and obtained a judgment by default against it. At the time of1 filing the suit the plaintiff sued out a writ of garnishment against the Texarkana National Bank, claiming that the bank had funds in its hands belonging to the defendants. The garnishee bank answered that it, acting as a collecting bank, had received from the American Commercial Bank of Wapato, Wash., claiming to be the owner thereof, a draft for $1,176 and had collected it against the Gateway Produce Company, and prayed that the said bank be…