Commonwealth Loan Co. v. Baker

In 1964, Commonwealth Loan Company obtained a judgment by confession in the circuit court of Madison County against James W. Baker and served a garnishment summons and interrogatories upon General Steel Industries, Inc. In answer to the interrogatories General stated that it had no property of the judgment debtor in its possession. A citation to discover assets was issued and served upon Baker and at the hearing he testified that General was holding about $800 of his money under some kind of a retirement benefit arrangement. General was not a party to that proceeding. The court held that the…