Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 12, 1904PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Certiorari. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. November 27,1903.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. Under the decision in Sanner v. Shivers, 76 Ga. 335, the monthly wages of a locomotive engineer are exempt from- process of garnishment. Under Swift Mfg. Co. v. Henderson, 99 Ga. 136, it is not necessary that the laborer should be paid according to the time he works, in ’ order to claim an exemption, but he may be paid upon the basis of the amount of work done.
2. Where,' therefore, a locomotive engineer is employed by a railroad company and is paid by it monthly, according to the number of miles he has run his locomotive during the month, the wages thus earned are exempt from process of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Moore v. HendrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Sanner v. ShiversSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Smith v. Walker & IzlarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Swift Manufacturing Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
3Cited by5 opinions
- Howell v. AtkinsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Moultrie v. CrockerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Prather v. PantoneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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- Thompson v. PassmoreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911