Lewis v. City of Denver

The appellant sued John J. Wyatt on a promissory note for $250, and caused the city of Denver to be summoned as garnishee in the suit. The defense of the city against the garnishment was that it was a municipal corporation, existing under a special charter from the legislature of the state ; that the defendant, John J. Wyatt, held the office of commissioner of inspection of the city; and that his salarj^ could not be reached by process in garnishment. By the judgment of the court, the garnishee was discharged, and the plaintiff appealed.

In the absence of special statutory provisions for the…