Supreme Court of Pennsylvania July 1, 1859 (Fowler v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, & Chicago Railroad)

Per Curiam.

The purpose of an attachment execution is to reach the effects of a defendant in the hands of third persons. Here, the defendant is a corporation; a railroad company. Are its ticket agents to be treated as third persons, so far as regards *23money received by them on the salé of tickets to passengers ? We think not.