Wharton v. Grant
Wharton v. Grant
Opinion of the Court
So far as the facts can be collected from the paper book, which is somewhat meagre, no error can be perceived in the judgment of the court below. (His honour then stated the proceedings of the plaintiffs below.)
On the 23d July, 1842, B. B. Hart assigned the estate, property,
We are unable to perceive any reason why he should not have it.
If the property belonged to the firm of H. M. & B. B. Hart, the attaching creditor is entitled, because they were both liable to him for the debt. If it belonged to the firm of Hart, Labatt & Co., that firm was liable for the debt of Grant & Stone. In every aspect in which the case can be viewed, the property, moneys, and effects attached were liable for the debt for which it was seized. And no equity has been made apparent, which 'ought to allow the garnishees, who are the plaintiffs in error, to arrest it in its appropriation to a debt for which it is in process of execution, according to well-established principles of law.
Let the judgment be affirmed.
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