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26 Ill. 463

Farrell v. Pearson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1861

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1861-04-15

The affidavit of Gustavus C. Pearson, the foundation of this proceeding, states that plaintiffs have recovered judgment against defendants for the sum of $795.90; that execution has been issued and returned unsatisfied.

Relies on Stahl v. Webster

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Decided 1861-04-15

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently March 1904

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Breese, J.

¶1It is pretty certain that at the time Farrell was served with the garnishee process at Chicago, he was justly indebted to Clark & Study, the judgment debtors of Pearson & Grace, in the sum of two hundred and fifty-seven dollars, in two notes for flour and horses, purchased of them by Farrell, at Tamaroa, in Perry county. About the time he was garnisheed, his clerk, Watson, at Tamaroa, made some arrangement, unknown to Farrell, by which he gave up the horses to Study, who took them away. This was an unauthorized act by the clerk, and could not tend to release Farrell from the notes. It was not the agreement the parties entered into, as testified to, and shown by Hervey, who acted for the. parties in adjusting the matter, and who drew the agreement.

¶2The instructions given by the court were all proper. That of the judge, on his own motion, stated the law correctly. The defendant’s instructions were properly refused.

¶3We observe that the form of entering the judgment on the garnishee process is not correct. The judgment should be entered in favor of the debtor who is the creditor of the party garnisheed. Stohl et al. v. Webster, 11 Ill. 518; Gillilan v. Nixon, ante, page 50. The judgment is affirmed.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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