Legal Opinion

Palmer v. McClelland

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 18, 1956No. 1773PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant, having obtained a judgment against appellee, issued a writ of attachment naming one Sperling as garnishee. Sperling, who conducts a real estate business, answered that he had been collecting rent on certain real estate owned jointly by appellee and her husband, and that he owed them $458.85, representing one month’s rent. Upon filing of the garnishee’s answer, appellee moved to quash the writ on the ground that the real estate was owned by her and her husband as tenants by the entirety and that the rents therefrom were not subject to attachment to satisfy a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States ex rel. Ordmann v. CummingsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
  2. Stephens College v. LongSupreme Court of Kansas · 1943

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Butler v. ButlerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
  2. Steven Greenbaum v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2023
  3. Goldsmith v. William S. Bergman Associates, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Abdel-Kafi v. Citicorp Mortgage, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Royal Credit Co. v. WabashDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960

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