Lay v. Hammond

THE COURT.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court, granting to petitioner a peremptory writ of mandate against respondent to compel respondent, as auditor of the county of San Diego, to pay to petitioner salary warrants due her from said county for services rendered by her as a teacher. The sole question involved is whether the salary of a teacher in the public schools is subject to garnishment under the provisions of section 710 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended in 1929. (Stats. 1929, chap. 634, p. 1047.)

The facts are uncontroverted. In October of 1929, one Fred Betcher…