Hoffman Chevrolet, Inc. v. Washington County National Savings Bank

In this case, we must determine whether a check from a retirement trust payable to a debtor was properly garnished from the debtor’s former employer to whom the check had been mailed. We also are called upon to determine whether the trial judge properly granted summary judgment in favor of the garnishor, attaching the check and funds the garnishee owed the debtor, despite claims that the garnishee was entitled to offset these funds against its obligation as surety for the debtor’s obligation to another bank.

Washington County National Savings Bank (Washington Bank) held two notes issued by…