Gladden v. Columbiana Sav. Bank

RICE, Judge. •

A few principles of the law governing the disposition of this appeal may well here be set down, towit:

1. “The relative rights of the plaintiffs and of the garnishee depend upon the status existing when the writ of garnishment was served.” Bloch Bros. v. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. et al., 208 Ala. 523, 94 So. 562, 564.

2. “If a garnishee * * * relies on a general denial of indebtedness, and an issue is formed contesting his answer, on the trial of such issue * * * The only fact in issue is, whether when the garnishment was served, or at the time of answer [or at any…