Louisville N. R. Co. v. Webb Furniture Co.

The Webb Furniture Company instituted this suit by process of attachment against Mrs. Frank S. Hanna on the ground that the defendant was a nonresident of the state, seeking a recovery of an alleged indebtedness on account of $135.50. There was no personal service on the defendant, and no personal appearance by her, nor was there any actual levy of any property of the defendant, but the attachment writ was executed by service of process of garnishment on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a common carrier.

The answer of the garnishee (sworn to and uncontroverted) discloses that, as a…