Bullard v. Avery
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Clinton; Stone, J. Garnishment proceedings by Edward J. Bullard against Howard C. Leland and George Brown, as garnishees of Sanford C. Avery. Marinda Avery was brought in as claimant under the statute, and, from a judgment in her favor on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
The sole question for decision by the circuit was whether the indebtedness of the garnishee defendants was due to Sanford C. Avery or to his wife, *712the claimant in this case. The indebtedness was for beans grown on a farm the title to which was in Mrs. Avery under a deed duly recorded some years before the transaction took place. The testimony tends to show that Mrs. Avery had made inquiries of the garnishee defendants as to the price of the beans, and that her husband took the beans to market. In making the sale nothing was said by him as to the ownership of the beans, either way. Before he…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Campbell v. RemalyMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- Hedstrom v. KingsburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1879