Southeast Grading, Inc. v. Grissom-Harrison Corp.

Benham, Judge.

Appellant was named as garnishee in a summons of garnishment issued after appellee Grissom-Harrison Corporation procured a judgment against Tony E. Reeves d/b/a Reeves Drilling & Blasting Company. Pursuant to OCGA § 18-4-82, appellant filed an answer in which it stated that while it owed Reeves Drilling $27,729.20, it had received from other Reeves creditors “legal letters on liens” totaling $47,150.85, which had caused appellant to release to those creditors the funds it owed Reeves. No funds accompanied appellant’s answer. See OCGA § 18-4-84. Appellee timely filed a traverse…