Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1881

Brevard v. Stevens

Brevard v. Stevens
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided February 10, 1881 · Pryor
11 Ky. Op. 37; 2 Ky. L. Rptr. 226; 1881 Ky. LEXIS 123

Brevard v. Stevens

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

No judgment should have been rendered against the garnishees upon their failure to answer; and when the record showed affirmatively that the debt alleged to be due by them to the parties sued belonged to some one else, it afforded an additional reason for not rendering the judgment. The case should also have been transferred to the court at Independence. See Wolfe v. Stephens, 10 Ky. Opin. 647, 1 Ky. L. 122. The parties, on the return of the cause, may require Rich, Jr., to set up his claim, and the parties can then litigate their right to this fund. The motion to transfer the case should be sustained.

R. D. Handy, for appellants.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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