Bugg v. Consolidated Grocery Co.

The only question involved in this case is whether a receiver appointed by a court is subject to garnishment without the consent of the court by which he was appointed. Our learned brethern of the Court of Appeals held that Bugg, as receiver of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Company, appointed by the United States court, could be garnished, and that therefore the funds admitted to be in his hands were subject to garnishment. In the second headnote of the decision of the Court of Appeals it is held: “ An indebtedness due by a receiver, appointed by a United States district court…