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Broyles v. Jerrells
37 S.W. 377
Tex. App.
1896
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The appellants, as plaintiffs, brought suit against Lewis Jerrells, as defendant, for debt, and sued out a writ of garnishment against W.B. Rogers and the Palestine Real Estate Investment Company. The latter garnishee was discharged, and Rogers brought in W.B. Robinson, as being the holder of the contract upon which he was indebted.

Appellants' affidavit for garnishment is in the statutory form, except that it concludes "the writ of garnishment applied for is not sued out to injure either the defendant of garnishees," the word "of" being used instead of the word "or" between the words "defendant" and "garnishees." For this defect the court below sustained a motion to quash the writ of garnishment. In this there was error, for the word "either" clearly suggests the word "or" and that "or" was intended instead of the word "of." Corrigan v. Nichols, 6 Texas Civ. App. 26[6 Tex. Civ. App. 26].

The judgment of the court below is reversed.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Broyles v. Jerrells
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Oct 15, 1896
Citation: 37 S.W. 377
Court Abbreviation: Tex. App.
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