Kolmorgan v. Schaller

The plaintiff, M. L. Kolmorgan, under the provisions of RCW 7.32.010 et seq., sought to garnish the personal earnings of the defendant wife, an employee in the office of the secretary of state. The defendant wife appeared in the action in the trial court and moved to quash the garnishment. She contends that the garnishment was based upon, or was ancillary to, a community judgment against her and her husband; that her personal earnings were her separate property under a written agreement with her husband and were exempt from the garnishment. The cause was tried to the court without a jury.…