Lang v. Lang

CROCKETT, Justice:

This appeal raises the question whether a Utah resident who has been appointed by a California court as executor of the estate of a California decedent, and who holds money from such estate in Utah, is subject to garnishment from a Utah court.

The plaintiff, Phyllis Lang, had recovered judgments in our Third District Court against the defendant, Robert Lang totaling $13,480.00. It had been determined that the latter was to receive certain funds from the estate of his father, John Lang, former Utah industrialist, whose estate was being probated in the Superior Court of Orange…