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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Louderman, Garnishee of Harrison vs. Wilson.
    A sum of mo* noy due & owing* and which by express agreement ••vas to be paúl m. ■work and iahcmr» is aciedit) which, may be attached in virtue of the attachment laws* of 1715, ch 40, & 1705, ch.
    
    Error to the General Court. Attachment on warrant; and the case was, that at the time of issuing the attachment from the county court, Harrison, the original defen dant, owed HI!son, the plaintiff', (now appellee) the amount of the account exhibited; Louderman, the garnishee, was indebted to Harrison in the sum of gS5, which sum, by express agreement, was to be paid and satisfied in work and labour by the garnishee for Harrison, when requested. No demand was ever made upon the garnishee to do the work, but he was always ready to do it. The county court decided, that it was not a credit in the hands of the garnishee which could be attached in virtue of the acts of 1715, ch, 40, and 1795, ch. 56; and judgment being rendered for the defendant in the county court, the plaintiff appealed to the general court, where tiie judgment of the county court was reversed at May term 1804, and a procedendo awarded. The appellee brought a writ of error le this court.
    The cause was argued before Polk, Buchanan, Nicholson, and Eaiile, J.by
    
      Jii-Jl, for the Plaintiff in error,
    and by
    
      Gwynn, for the Defendant ip error.
   JUDGMENT Otf REVERSAL AFMRMEp.