Streissguth v. Reigelman
Decision Date | 03 December 1889 |
Citation | 75 Wis. 212,43 N.W. 1116 |
Parties | STREISSGUTH ET AL. v. REIGELMAN ET AL. |
Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
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Appeal from circuit court, Eau Claire county.
This action was brought against the principal defendant, Bessinger, pursuant to chapter 233, Laws 1880, (2 Sanb. & B. Ann. St. 1578,) on a demand not then due. An attachment was issued based upon an affidavit of the attorney for the plaintiffs, and the appellant, Samuel Reigelman, was summoned as garnishee. He answered denying any liability to the defendant. Plaintiffs took issue on such answer. Service of the summons upon the principal defendant, Bessinger, was made, or attempted to be made, by publication thereof. Judgment by default was rendered against Bessinger for the amount of plaintiffs' claim. Thereupon the issue in the garnishee action was tried, and the trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiffs. The affidavit for the attachment is as follows: The garnishee defendant appeals from the judgment against him.James Wickham, for appellant.
T. F. Frawley, for respondents.
LYON, J., ( after stating the facts as above.)
The garnishee defendant may avail himself of any defect in the proceedings in the original action which operates to invalidate the judgment. Healey v. Butler, 66 Wis. 9, 27 N. W. Rep. 822.
It is settled beyond controversy that, under our attachment law,1 the indebtedness of the defendant in the attachment must be positively stated by some affiant who has knowledge of the facts. Talbot v. Woodle, 19 Wis. 174, and cases there cited; Hawes v. Clement, 64 Wis. 152, 25 N. W. Rep. 21;Steam Heating Co. v. Sloteman, 67 Wis. 118, (128,)30 N. W. Rep. 241. Thus, in Talbot v. Woodle, an affidavit which stated the amount of the indebtedness on information and belief was held insufficient to...
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