Globe Milling Co. v. Boynton
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Wood County. These are several garnishee actions, consolidated and tried together. In 1891 the defendant M. R. Hansen ivas engaged in the business of manufacturing lumber at his mills in Hansen, in said Wood county. .March 9, 1891, said defendant entered into a contract in writing with the garnishee E. G. Boynton, by which he sold to said Boynton a certain, amount of pine lumber at the prices therein specified.
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APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Wood County. These are several garnishee actions, consolidated and tried together. In 1891 the defendant M. R. Hansen ivas engaged in the business of manufacturing lumber at his mills in Hansen, in said Wood county. .March 9, 1891, said defendant entered into a contract in writing with the garnishee E. G. Boynton, by which he sold to said Boynton a certain, amount of pine lumber at the prices therein specified. As-there is no dispute as to the amount due Hansen under this contract, no further statement of its terms is necessary. On September 11, 1891, said…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
Although the statement of facts is long, the questions necessary to be decided are but two in number: First. Were the garnishee actions in favor of Anderson properly dismissed because the summonses were not served on the main defendant within ten days after their *631service on the garnishees? Second. Was the garnishees’ claim for §1,500 damages on account of Hansen’s failure to carry out his contract properly disallowed?
1. The summons in each of the Anderson actions was served on the garnishee on the day before the service in any other case. These claims thus had priority, unless such priority…
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