Altona v. Dabney’s Empirical Analysis
1900
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
December 1917
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
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Most-quoted passages
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““A garnishee,” says Mr. Justice Bean in Altona v. Dabney, 37 Or. 334, 336 ( 62 Pac. 521, 522 ), “stands in the position of a disinterested stakeholder, and therefore, according to the great weight of authority, cannot waive service of the process by which the property in his hands, or the debt due from him to the principal debtor, is garnisheed. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Edwards v. Case
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