Brachtenbach, J. It is common legal knowledge that the filing of an affidavit and bond results in the perfunctory issuance of a writ of garnishment, before judgment, in a suit for a debt. Since 1893, the affidavit only need be couched in the statutory language that “. . . such debt is just, due and unpaid, and that the garnishment applied for is not sued out to injure either the def…
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