Gallegos v. Espinoza

OPINION

BOSSON, Chief Judge.

{1} A general contractor on a public works project owes payments to its subcontractor who, in turn, owes money to various suppliers. The subcontractor also owes an unrelated debt on a judgment. The judgment creditor obtains a writ of garnishment against the general contractor demanding that, instead of paying the subcontractor, it pay the judgment creditor. We discuss the circumstances under which the garnishee-general contractor may raise defenses against the garnishor-judgment creditor that the garnishee had under its contract with the subcontractor, whose unpaid…