General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Bank of Valdosta

1. In a contest, under the provisions of the Civil Code (1910),

§ 5290, between two creditors holding junior and senior common-law judgments respectively against a common debtor, for the distribution of a fund within the power of the court under the process of garnishment, the court did not err in awarding the fund to the holder of the junior judgment, it appearing that, pending its suit, it had procured the garnishment to issue, that the process was served, and the garnishee’s indebtedness accrued, before the date of the senior judgment. The question was not merely who held the older…