Central Bank & Trust Co. v. Alabama Broom & Mattress Co.

[1,2] One who claims a debt, or money, or effects in the hands of a garnishee, as against the plaintiff in garnish ment, under the provisions of sections 4328 and 4329 of the Code, must allege and prove that he has a valid claim thereto. Clark v. Few, 62 Ala. 243. And when he claims as a transferee of the defendant in garnishment, he must show a transfer before the service of the garnishment. Winslow v. Bracken, 57 Ala. 368; Camp v. Hatter, 11 Ala. 151; Scott v. Stallsworth, 12 Ala. 25.. On the evidence shown by the record, the burden was upon the claimant bank to show that it discounted the…