Hill, Lehnen & Driskill v. Barter Systems, Inc.

KENNEDY, Judge.

Plaintiff law firm got out an execution on their $2,982.72 Ray County Associate Circuit Court judgment against Barter Systems, Inc., and directed the service of garnishment summons on the Mercantile Bank of Kansas City. In response to plaintiffs interrogatory whether the bank had “an account ... in the name of Barter Systems, Inc.”, the bank answered, “Yes”. The answer to another interrogatory disclosed that the amount in the account at the time of garnishment was $9,174.38, substantially exceeding the amount of the judgment. The court thereupon on September 27 entered an order…