California Supreme Court January 15, 1872, No. 3,102 (Howe v. Union Insurance)

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By the Court, Crockett, J.:

The plaintiff having commenced an action against one Mc-Cann, sued out an attachment therein, under which the defendant in this action was duly summoned as a garnishee. When thus summoned the defendant was indebted to McCann in the sum of one thousand dollars.