Etowah Monument Co. v. Portal Naval Stores Co.

Etowah Monument Company procured a judgment in a justice’s court against J. 0. Hathcock, and a summons of garnishment, based thereon, was served on Portal Naval Stores Company. The garnishee answered that it owed the defendant $4.50, that no money, property, or effects of the defendant had come into its possession since service of garnishment on it, and that “of said sums $.... is exempt from process of garnishment under the laws of Georgia.” The plaintiff traversed the answer, averring that it did not show in what amount, the garnishee became indebted to the defendant between May 16, 1928,…