Bryant

Bryant v. Bank of California

Good Law
1885 Cal. LEXIS 838·2 Cal. Unrep. 475·7 P. 128
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMay 22, 1885No. 7701California1,547 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

McKee, J.

On the 1st of May, 1877, the plaintiff, A. S. Bryant, recovered a money judgment, by confession, against J. M. Quimbie, upon which an execution was issued, and put in the hands of the sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco for collection, according to law. While the execution was in the hands of the officer, unlevied and unsatisfied, in whole or in part, Bryant claims to have commenced proceedings, supplementary to execution, for the examination of the judgment debtor as to his property, and against A. J. Ralston, William Sharon, Thomas Brown and D. O. Milla as garnishees, which resulted, as it is alleged in the judicial order authorizing the institution of a suit against A. J. Ralston and the Bank of California, garnishees, for the recovery of certain moneys which, as it is claimed the testimony of the garnishees *476 discloses, were deposited with the Bank of California by the judgment debtor in the year 1876; and it is by virtue of that alleged order that the plaintiff commenced the action in hand.

The complaint contains specific averments of proceedings, supplementary to execution, in the case of Bryant v. Quimbie. Issue was taken upon it, by specific denials of each…

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