Case Name: John W. Brevard et al. v. L. E. Stevens et al.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1881-02-10
Citations: 11 Ky. Op. 37
Docket Number: 
Parties: John W. Brevard et al. v. L. E. Stevens et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 11
Pages: 37–38

Head Matter:
John W. Brevard et al. v. L. E. Stevens et al.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Vol. 2-226, as Brevard v. Stephens.]
Garnishment.
No judgment can legally be rendered against the garnishees upon their failure to answer, and when it is made to appear that the debt alleged to be due by them to the parties sued belonged to some one else, it afforded an additional reason for not rendering the judgment.
APPEAL FROM KENTON CHANCERY COURT.
February 10, 1881.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Pryor:
No judgment should have been rendered against the garnishees upon their failure to answer; and when the record showed affirmatively that the debt alleged to be due by them to the parties sued belonged to some one else, it afforded an additional reason for not rendering the judgment. The case should also have been transferred to the court at Independence. See Wolfe v. Stephens, 10 Ky. Opin. 647, 1 Ky. L. 122. The parties, on the return of the cause, may require Rich, Jr., to set up his claim, and the parties can then litigate their right to this fund. The motion to transfer the case should be sustained.
R. D. Handy, for appellants.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.