Grimm Building Material Co. v. Wilcox

The question at issue is this: Can a judgment creditor restrain the payment by a third party to a judgment debtor of funds which would become due upon completion of a contract between the judgment debtor and the third party? No funds are due now, but a balance would become due upon completion of the work under the contract. However, the third party’s testimony upon the examination is that the debtor has breached the contract by walking off the job and that nothing will ever become due under it.

The facts appear to be as follows: The judgment debtor Wilcox had entered into a contract with…