157 Wis. 635 | Wis. | 1914
The circuit court found that the Kellogg Bank was not indebted to the Produce Exchange nor had property in its possession belonging to the Produce Exchange when it was summoned in garnishment. This finding is assailed by the plaintiff on the ground that the transaction between the Produce Exchange and the Citizens Bank of Poco-moke did not constitute a sale and purchase of the draft. It is said in argument that the trial court came to this conclusion on the fact alone that the Citizens Bank credited the Produce Exchange in the passbook for the amount of the draft when it was issued and delivered by the Produce Exchange. The findings of the court indicate and its opinion discloses that this claim is not well founded. The court expressly considered all of the facts and circumstances that entered into the transaction between the Produce Exchange and the Citizens Bank and was thereby led to the conclusion that
The Citizens National Banlc intervened and at the timé that the summons was served was indebted to the Produce Exchange in the sum of $151 on an open running banking account. The bank and Produce Exchange are nonresidents of Wisconsin and the situs of the debt against the bank would be Pocomoke City, Maryland. The impounding of property or money by garnishment must be accomplished by the process when the suit is instituted under the conditions provided by the statutes governing and regulating garnishment proceedings. We cannot perceive how the proceeding can reach property or a debt' in the state of Maryland. The Citizens Banlc appeared in the action to assert its rights to the property in this state which had been impounded by the garnishment proceeding. An appearance of a nonresident in the courts of this state cannot operate to give the court jurisdiction to impound property that cannot otherwise be reached because it is situated outside of the state and therefore not. subject to garnishment by the courts of this state. Kuehn v. Nero, 145 Wis. 256, 130 N. W. 56.
The contention that the court committed prejudicial error-in denying the plaintiff’s request to have the action tried by a jury cannot prevail. Assuming, without deciding, that a right to a jury trial exists, it did not operate prejudicially in this case, because the rights of the parties rest on undisputed evidence and were a matter for determination upon the record by the court. The court properly ordered the plaintiff to restore to the bank the amount the justice’s court had improperly turned over to him. The justice’s court judgment of necessity was wholly reversed, and the plaintiff had no right to any moneys received under it.
By the Court.- — The judgment and order appealed from, are affirmed.