69 P. 1025 | Or. | 1902
delivered the opinion. ■
This is a proceeding to determine the liability of a garnishee. The transcript shows that the plaintiff, Lusetta P. Beers, having secured a judgment against one Robert Hanlin for the sum of $635.80, an execution was issued thereon, -in pursuance of which a notice of garnishment was served upon C. A. Aylsworth, who, complying therewith, made a certificate to the effect that he did not have in his possession or under his control any debts, dues, moneys, rights, credits, or property belonging to Hanlin. This certificate being unsatisfactory to plaintiff, she filed written interrogatories and an affidavit in the nature of a complaint, averring that on September 2, 1899, Hanlin was the owner of 50 shares of stock in the Larch Mountain Investment Co., a corporation, on which day, and while her action against him was pending, without any consideration therefor, and with intent to hinder, delay, and defraud her, he made a pretended sale of his stock to one W. C. Aylsworth, who agreed to sell it for and to turn the proceeds thereof over to him, of which facts the garnishee at that time had knowledge; that on February 24, 1900, the day on which said notice was served, the garnishee, acting as the agent of Hanlin and W. C. Aylsworth, sold said stock, receiving therefor the sum of $500, which he held in trust for his principals; and that Hanlin is insolvent. The garnishee, having answered the written interrogatories and denied the material averments of the affidavit, alleged, as a separate defense, that, having paid the sum of $300, which was a valuable consideration, Hanlin assigned the stock to W. C. Aylsworth, garnishee’s son, in trust for him; that on February 24, 1900, he caused said stock to be sold, receiving therefor, in excess of expenses,
We do not wish to be understood as questioning the power of the court to limit the cross-examination of a witness, which is a matter largely within its own discretion, that will not be reviewed on appeal, except for a manifest abuse thereof; but where, as in this instance, the court, in the presence of the jury, announces a rule that is not justified by law, the judgment which followed, probably in consequence thereof, must be reversed, and it is so ordered. Reversed.