Cox, Hill & Thompson v. Bearden
Supreme Court of Georgia
Rule. Garnishment. Wages. Before Judge Lump-kin. Morgan superior court. September term, 1889. John A. Bearden sued M. A. Hammond for $240, which he alleged to be due him as clerk at $40 per month from Feb. 1st to Sept. 1st, 1887. The case was tried, and on conflicting evidence as to the value of Bearden’s services, and the time for which he was engaged, a verdict was rendered for him, amounting, principal and interest, to $182.32, which, by direction of the court was, on…
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Rule. Garnishment. Wages. Before Judge Lump-kin. Morgan superior court. September term, 1889. John A. Bearden sued M. A. Hammond for $240, which he alleged to be due him as clerk at $40 per month from Feb. 1st to Sept. 1st, 1887. The case was tried, and on conflicting evidence as to the value of Bearden’s services, and the time for which he was engaged, a verdict was rendered for him, amounting, principal and interest, to $182.32, which, by direction of the court was, on April 30th, 1889, written down by Bearden’s attorneys, in order to prevent the grant of a new trial, to $120 principal, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The facts of this case are sufficiently stated in the official report. By the code, §3554, “All journeymen mechanics and day-laborers shall be exempt from the process and liabilities of garnishment on their daily, weekly or monthly wages, whether in the hands of their employers or not.” Under this section, it has been several times ruled that the monthly wages of a clerk are embraced in the exemption. See cases cited in Abrahams v. Anderson, 80 Ga. 570. The exemption in this case is resisted on two grounds.
1. The first is that the money paid to the sheriff by *306Hammond…
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