Virginia National Bank v. Blofeld

In this creditors’ rights action, we granted an appeal to decide whether the trial court erred in holding that a garnishee’s debt to a judgment debtor was not subject to garnishment by the judgment creditor when the debt was not vested in the judgment debtor at the time the garnishee was served with the garnishment summons, although it became vested before the return day of the garnishment.

The facts are undisputed. On April 22, 1983, appellant Virginia National Bank, the judgment creditor, obtained a judgment in the trial court against George Blofeld, the judgment debtor, in the principal sum…