2 Port. 546 | Ala. | 1835
William Atkinson obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court of Dallas county, against A. C. Deweese, at the March term, 1832, of said Court for one hundred dolíais, and on the 20th day of August following, the plaintiff made an affidavit before a Justice of the Peace, that the defendant had no property within his knowledge whereof to make the money, but that Benjamin Mott, Charles Votey, and John Oliver, were indebted to him, &c.; upon which a summons of garnishment was issued against them. The two first answered, and admitted assets to a small amount. Oliver did. not appear. On the eighth July, 1833, a notice was served on him to show cause why a judgment nunc pro tunc, should not be entered against
Several assignments were made; only one of which will be noticed, which is considered decisive of the case, (all the others are considered as waived by the appearance and answer of the garnishee,) to-wit: “ that the amount for which judgment is taken, is stated to be ascertained by an answer filed by Oliver, when the facts in the answer do not authorise a judgment against the garnishee.”
The statute upon which this proceeding is predicated,
There was certainly no admission here, by Oliver, of his indebtedness to Deweese. He states the circumstances under which the money was received, and concludes by stating his belief that the money belonged to the United States. This statement being made under oath, must be taken to be true, until controverted by the oath of the plaintiff, when an issue is to be made up and tried, as in other cases.
The judgment must therefore be reversed, and the causé remanded.
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