Smith v. Ainscow
Smith v. Ainscow
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff in error having filed no brief in this case, nor even pointed out in his petition in error, specifically, the points upon which he relies for a reversal of the judgment, the same should be affirmed proforma. Nevertheless, we have carefully examined the record, but fail to find any material error.
It seems that one George P. Hines, and Jennie Hines, his wife, executed a chattel mortgage to one A. M. Bernstein, upon certain household goods, the property of said Jennie Hines. This mortgage was assigned to Eaehel Ainscow, the defendant in error. The mortgaged property — the debt having matured — was taken by George P. Hines, and Edward Ainscow, husband of the defendant in error, to the auction rooms of the plaintiff in error, and 'placed in his hands for sale at
Had the plaintiff in error notified the defendant in error of the proceedings in garnishment, allowed her to manage the defense thereto, and been particular to have stated all the facts in the ease in his answer to the garnishee process, then the order of the justice of the peace upon him to pay the said money into justice’s court might have availed him as a defense to this action. But .there is no pretense that he ever notified her of the service or pendency of the process of garnishment, or that he would have allowed her or her attorney to take charge of his defense; and in his disclosure before the justice of the peace he seems to have stated everything which would tend to hold him on said process, and nothing — which he evidently could have done — calculated to show to the court the true character of his employment to sell said goods, and that he was accountable to the holder of the chattel mortgage for the proceeds of the sale. At all events
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
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- Chauncey H. Smith, in error v. Rachael Ainscow, in error
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