Lorie v. Abernathy
Lorie v. Abernathy
Opinion of the Court
A corporation known as the Wing Furniture Company was indebted to a large number of
Abernathy should have sued the corporation by its legal name. He sued it under the name of the M. A. Wing Furniture & Auction Company, instead of the Wing Furniture Company, the true name. Respondent Lorie’s suit was brought and the attachment levied against the corporation by its proper name, and was, therefore, properly allowed priority over Abernathy’s, notwithstanding the latter’s levy was prior in point of time. The reason for this is that, as to third parties, Abernathy’s attachment was not an attachment against the attachment debtor. His attachment was against some other entity. ’ If Abernathy and Lorie had been creditors of A and Abernathy had by mistake sued B and attached A’s property as that of B, his attachment could not be allowed priority over a later
The principle we here state has been applied in a variety of cases. A writ was made out against S. S. and a bank summoned as garnishee. The writ was intended to be against S. F. S. and was served on S. F. S. The bank paid to S. F. S. the money in its possession, and was held not to be chargeable under the writ against S. S. Terry v. Sisson, 125 Mass. 560.
So it was held that an amendment of proceedings in garnishment so as to substitute the name of Jonathan for John, as the name of the principal defendant, can not be allowed as against an intervening claimant whose rights were acquired before the amendment was made. Moore v. Graham, 58 Mich. 25.
The case of Peck v. Sill, 3 Conn. 157, we regard as applicable to this case. In that case the plaintiff sued out an attachment against William Hall and —— Robbins, describing them as the firm of Hall & Robbins. On this attachment, real estate was attached as the property of Hall. Afterward, on the same day, the defendant attached the same land as the property of Hall. The plaintiff amended his writ against Hall & Robbins by striking out Robbins and making it a process against William Hall only. It was held that, as against defendant’s later attachment, plaintiff’s earlier attachment was dissolved; since, by the amendment, a different party was introduced. That an attachment against the M. A. Wing Furniture & Auction Company is not an attachment against the Wing Furniture Company is evident from the mere statement.
By way of illustration of the point involved, we refer to Crane Co. v. Specht, 39 Neb. 123; Farnham v. Hildreth, 32 Barb. 277.
The judgment of the court is affirmed.
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