MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
How proceedings in garnishment may be availed of in defence — whether in abatement or bar of the suit on the debt attached or for a continuance of it or suspension of execution — the practice of the States of the Union is not uniform. But it is obvious and necessary justice that such proceedings should be allowed as a defence in some way.
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