Schuler v. Israel
Citations
- 120 U.S. 506
- 7 S. Ct. 648
- 30 L. Ed. 707
- 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1995
Syllabus
<p>A judgment recovered in one court may be pleaded as a defence- to a suit on the same cause of action pending in-another when by law the cause of action is merged in the judgment.</p> <p>A garnishee has a right to set up any defence against the attachment process which he could have done against the debtor in the principal action; and if the debtor be insolvent, and owes the garnishee on a note not due for which he has no sufficient security, he is not bound to risk the loss of his debt in answer to the garnishee process.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- finding that where debtor is insolvent at time of garnishment, bank may set off payment of any obligation whether due or not
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Judges: Miller
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