Smith v. City of Mobile

GARDNER, Justice.

Garnishment proceedings against the city of Mobile to subject to satisfaction of a judgment against William A. Smith, Jr., his compensation as a fireman of said-city.

The trial court was of the opinion such compensation was not subject to garnishment under section '8088, Michie’s Code, 1928, and quashed the writ, evidently upon the theory that the sum paid the judgment defendant was not salary, but wages, and therefore not within the influence of the statute.

Based upon the broad ground of public policy, our decisions permitted no garnishment proceedings against such municipal…