Gerald v. Walker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Chilton County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by Agnes Gerald, pro ami, against John Patton, Jr. Judgment for plaintiff. In aid of such suit a writ of garnishment was sued out against A. E. Walker, as Superintendent of Banks. Prom a judgment discharging the garnishee, the plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Chilton County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by Agnes Gerald, pro ami, against John Patton, Jr. Judgment for plaintiff. In aid of such suit a writ of garnishment was sued out against A. E. Walker, as Superintendent of Banks. Prom a judgment discharging the garnishee, the plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450, § 6. On January 21, 1916, A. E. Walker, as superintendent of banks, assumed control of the affairs and assets of the Union State Bank, a corporation, doing business in Chilton county, Ala., for liquidation, as provided by…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
By this proceeding, appellant seeks to subject the salary alleged to be due a special agent, under appointment of the superintendent of banks in the liquidation of the affairs of an insolvent bank, to the satisfaction of a judgment obtained by said appellant against such special agent. As to whether or not the character of funds in the hands of the superintendent of banks relieves such official, under the circumstances of this case, from subjection to garnishment, and is not included within the provisions of section 4309 of the Code of 1907 (Pruitt v. Armstrong, 56 Ala. 306), is a question…
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