Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1894

Hamilton National Bank v. Horton

Hamilton National Bank v. Horton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided December 5, 1894 · Carpenter
44 A. 296; 68 N.H. 235

Hamilton National Bank v. Horton

Opinion of the Court

"Wallace, J.

The discharge of the trustee in the first action terminated that suit so far as the trustee was concerned. There-was then nothing to prevent the wages which had been attached in his hands from being paid over to the defendant. A third party could then have attached them and had them applied on his claim. In the absence of fraud, there is no reason why the plaintiff cannot hold the defendant’s wages attached in a second suit on another cause of action after the discharge of the trustee in the first action, in the same manner that a third party could. The trustee was properly charged.

Exceptions overruled.

Carpenter, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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