Merwin v. City of Chicago

Citations

• 45 Ill. 133

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal corporations—not liable to garnishment. A municipal corporation is not liable to process of garnishment, no matter what may be the character of its indebtedness.</p> <p>2. Former decisions. The case of The City of Chicago v. Hasley, 25 Ill., 596, cited and commented upon as in harmony with this decision.</p> <p>8. Frítate corporations—liabilities of—same as individuals. But a private corporation, unlike a municipal corporation, being created for private purposes, assumes the same duties and liabilities as a- private individual.</p> <p>4 Municipal corporations—summoned as garnishee—maybe discharged without answer. Where a municipal corporation is summoned as a garnishee, it may be discharged on mere motion, and without answer, at any time after process served.</p>