Bliss v. Smith

The decision in this case turns partly on the construction of that section of the statute which provides : “The wages and services of a defendant, being the head of a family and residing with the same, to an amount not exceeding $25, shall be exempt from garnishment. In case the wages or services of such defendant in the hands of the garnishee shall exceed $25, judgment shall be given only for the balance above that amount.” R. S. 1874, chap. 62, sec. 14.

At the date of the service of the garnishee summons in this case, defendant was indebted to the judgment debtor in the sum of $8, for four…