Stinner v. Stinner

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the lower court erred in permitting appellee to garnish a joint checking account; and, alternatively, that it erred in ignoring a stipulation concerning the amount in controversy. Because we hold that the garnishment was proper, but that the amount in controversy was only $4,200, we modify the order of the lower court, and, as modified, affirm.

Appellee divorced Donald E. Stinner in 1977. Subsequently, she commenced an action in assumpsit against him to enforce a property settlement agreement and recovered a $8,666.72 judgment on February 5, 1980. This…