Jefferies v. Harvie

This was a garnishment on judgment, under the statute, Rev. Code, 537, Art. 313.

The process was returnable 'to March term, 1858, and was returned by the sheriff as follows : “ Executed this on W. P. Russum and Nathaniel Jefferies the 14th day of November, 1857.” The process was issued in October, 1857; and at the return term, a judgment by default was taken against the plaintiff in error, as garnishee of the judgment debtor, upon his failure to answer at that time, under the provision of the Rev. Code, 379, Art. 25; to reverse which judgment, this writ of error is sued out.

The first ground of…