Legal Opinion

Upjohn Co. v. Board of Commissioners

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1919No. 2216PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Socorro County; M. C. Mechem, Judge. Action by the .Upjohn Company against Jno. H. Sanford with garnishment against the Board of County Commissioners of Socorro County, and intervention by Bessie C-. Stephenson. Intervener’s motion to strike the writ of garnishment granted, and garnishment proceeding dismissed, and plaintiff appeals. ' Service of writ was made according to law and gave court jurisdiction of garnishment proceedings.

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Appeal from District Court, Socorro County; M. C. Mechem, Judge. Action by the .Upjohn Company against Jno. H. Sanford with garnishment against the Board of County Commissioners of Socorro County, and intervention by Bessie C-. Stephenson. Intervener’s motion to strike the writ of garnishment granted, and garnishment proceeding dismissed, and plaintiff appeals. ' Service of writ was made according to law and gave court jurisdiction of garnishment proceedings. Secs. 2528, 2532, 4093, Code 1915; Black’s Law Dictionary p. 1137; 7 Words & Phrases p. 6787; Western H. & I. Co., v. Bank 9 N. M. 4;…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OP THE COURT

PARKER, C. J.

On July 2, 1917, the appellant, the Upjohn Company, a corporation, instituted an action in the district court for Socorro county, against Jno. H. Sanford. The action was based upon a judgment theretofore rendered in the district court for Socorro county against the defendant Sanford and in favor of the appellant, in the sum of $246.60. On the same day the appellant filed its application for a writ of garnishment against the board of county commissioners of Socorro county, on tbe theory that the said board had moneys and effects in its possession of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fullen v. FullenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Pennsylvania R. R. v. RogersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Bristol v. BrentUtah Supreme Court · 1909

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